Harnessing the earthly magic and natural elements of the African Sub Saharan landscape, Cissé borrows the mythic legends of Malian folklore and transcribes it effortlessly onto the celluloid of 35mm film.
Author: Annabel Li
“These countries do not suddenly have moral clarity — they are wiping their hands clean of the blood of our martyrs because we have collectively cornered them into doing so.”
The tragic loss of young lives at a festival should not make us complacent, especially when those fatalities arise from preventable drug risks. People are taking drugs, and people will most likely continue to take drugs in the future.
It is our due diligence, as non-Indigenous migrants who have made this stolen land our home, to give back as much as possible to First Nations people. It begins with casting an affirmative vote in this week’s referendum, and then untangling the knotted narratives that have been woven around us.
Can we really claim the achievement of gender equality through the championing of women’s successes, if we selectively cherry-pick which ones are worthy enough to celebrate?
The monotony of Sydney’s nightlife was enlivened last Saturday night as protestors, drag performers, and LGBTQIA+ activists marched along the rainbow parades of Oxford Street to reclaim the historically queer space.
The steps of Sydney’s Town Hall were crowned in red, yellow, and black on Saturday as protesters reunited under the banner of the Black Lives Matter movement that captured the world three years ago.
If diversity means conforming to an inherently flawed system, it only results in cheap tokenism and empty representation.
A24’s “elevated horror” demands substance and sustenance beyond the blood and the gore, and Talk To Me delivers just that.
Goldhaber’s work oscillates from “Marxist propaganda” to an urgent, didactic piece of cinema; but regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum, How to Blow Up a Pipeline is sure to offer a lasting, thought-provoking watch.
