'Last year was truly a revolutionary one for Indian cinema'

'Women filmmakers have much to say to India'

Rana Ayyub at The Washington Post

There is a "remarkable surge of female cinematic talent that has blossomed over the past decade in India," says Rana Ayyub. Bollywood has "traditionally used women merely as good-looking props, but women in these new movies are the protagonists, with complex challenges and lives." Over the "past decade, most mainstream Indian films have tried to stay true to the diktats of the government, with many echoing state propaganda," but "women filmmakers are reclaiming that space."

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Samuel Cruz at Newsweek

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Richard Edelman at Time

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'Trump pardons for Miami J6ers and others is dangerous step toward whitewashing history'

Miami Herald editorial board

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