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Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — After the movie “Cabo Negro” screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, organizers anticipating backlash whisked its crew away and canceled screenwriter-director Abdellah Taia’s scheduled post-film Q&am
Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — After the movie “Cabo Negro” screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, organizers anticipating backlash whisked its crew away and canceled director Abdellah Taia’s scheduled post-film Q&A.
Marrakech Film Festival bestows Palestinian film 'Happy Holidays' with top award

Marrakech Film Festival bestows Palestinian film 'Happy Holidays' with top award

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The Marrakech International Film Festival bestowed its top prize Friday on “Happy Holidays,” a Palestinian drama set in Israel whose screenplay won an award at the Venice Film Festival in September.
How 'Mufasa' rose with Aaron Pierre and Blue Ivy's voices along with new Lin-Manuel Miranda music

How 'Mufasa' rose with Aaron Pierre and Blue Ivy's voices along with new Lin-Manuel Miranda music

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones' legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor.
Hollywood and the Middle East mix at Red Sea International Film Festival

Hollywood and the Middle East mix at Red Sea International Film Festival

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — One of the Middle East’s fastest-growing film festivals opened Thursday in Saudi Arabia, attracting filmmakers and stars from around the world, to present over 120 films from 81 countries in Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad dist
Movie Review: A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year's best animated movie

Movie Review: A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year's best animated movie

Of all the post-apocalyptic landscapes we've been treated to over the years, none is as beautiful nor peaceful as that of “Flow.
Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the early days of Sudan's 2019 revolution , Shajane Suliman brought sandwiches, coffee and mint tea to demonstrations in closed-off sections of Khartoum.
Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the early days of Sudan's 2019 revolution , Shajane Suliman brought sandwiches, coffee and mint tea to demonstrations in closed-off sections of Khartoum.
Movie Review: Brave, mesmerizing Amy Adams triumphs over frustratingly odd script in ‘Nightbitch’

Movie Review: Brave, mesmerizing Amy Adams triumphs over frustratingly odd script in ‘Nightbitch’

The question sounds so basic and friendly. But it’s actually loaded, as many mothers can attest. “Do you just love getting to be home with him all the time?” asks the younger, more put-together woman in the supermarket. “Must be so wonderful.

Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ disrupts popular narratives of Mumbai

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