A spectacular adventure film with two Indian heroes, at times friends, then enemies, fighting against the British Raj for justice & freedom.
Forgotten by God (2017)
The madness of war & the deaths it brings to innocent civilians are depicted in the 5 segments of this film set in Russia & Ukraine in 4 different wars.
Important Books in My Life: Part 2
This is part of a series of books that have been influential in my life, going back to grade and high school and on to the present. It would be nice if these posts started a dialogue–what books influenced you, the reader, and why or how? I was a senior in high school when …
A Thousand Cuts (2020)
The story of journalists, chief of whom is Maria Ressa, waging an uphill battle in the Philippines against Pres. Dutertes & his murderous “War on Drugs,” made very difficult by the government’s lies on social media about its critics being “Fake News.”
Let Him Go (2020)
Grandparents Margaret & George travel to ND in search of their missing grandson & daughter-in-law & land in a morass of strife & violence.
Dheepan (2015)
Fleeing war-torn Sri Lanka, a former Tamil Tiger soldier forms a family with a widow & an orphan to begin life anew in a French housing project despite a violent drug gang.
A Most Violent Year (2014)
During NYC’s most violent year Abel fights unknown competitors stealing his firm’s oil + the DA’s office while he tries to close a deal to enlarge his firm.
Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi is the story of how India’s great leader forged a nonviolent revolution that led to India’s freedom from British rule.