by Jesse Hagopian | Mar 13, 2026 | Academy Awards, culture, film, history, Media, music, Op-Ed, Oscars, Racial Justice, Slavery
Warning: This article contains spoilers. Near the end of Sinners, there is a moment that Hollywood rarely permits. The character Smoke guns down a gang of Ku Klux Klan members who have come to murder his people — and then, with hands still trembling, he cradles his newborn child in his arms. Watching it, something strange and powerful stirred within me — as if the film were bending time…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jan 23, 2026 | Academy Awards, Gaza, Genocide, Hind Rajab, Israel, News, Palestine
The Voice of Hind Rajab has been nominated for an Academy Award for best international feature, a recognition for the Tunisian film that features the voice of a 5-year-old girl whose phone call begging for help was heard across the world before she was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The film is a mix of a documentary and drama that weaves in the recordings of Hind’s phone call along with…
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