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Movies Tackling Apartheid Lead 2014 Golden Globes

An obvious feature of the movies competing this year was the presence of two winning movies — based on true stories — that tackle apartheid from very different angles.

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"Honor Diaries": Movie Review

The film highlights the discussion on honor in “Muslim-majority societies” through a dialogue that takes place among nine female activists, who come from different backgrounds.

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And The Oscars Didn't Go To..

"12 Years A Salve" obviously made history in the Academy Awards this year, not just because it won the best film, but because of the critically important topic of slavery the movie tackled.

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Luxor African Film Festival 2014 Closes In Egypt

The third edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) took place in March 18 -24, 2014 in the city of Luxor, southern Egypt.

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Supernatural Thriller "Jinn" Hits Theaters April 4

“Jinn” touches upon a concept that is well-known to the three major religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and is the first ever Hollywood motion picture to accurately portray the concept of jinn...

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The Three Khans of Bollywood

The Indian movies gave their audience many Muslim iconic figures in acting, directing, and producing for decades. And since the 1990s till now, its most prominent Muslim superstars are three male...

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"Noah": Better Not to Watch It (Film Review)

With a fantastic all star cast including Russel Crowe, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Watson, I cannot help but feel that the story lacked something of substance, murdering the classic Quranic and Biblical...

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"Breaking Silence": Stories of Sexual Abuse

Today we are speaking to filmmaker and journalist Nadya Ali about her upcoming documentary “Breaking Silence.” The film will be the first of its kind in documenting Muslim American women’s stories of...

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Rosewater: A Satirist Tackles Torture Seriously

Bahari told the story of 118 days of imprisonment in Theran’s Evin Prison in his New York Times best-selling memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival published in...

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London Palestine Film Festival (In-depth)

The 2014 London Palestine Film festival opened on 28 November and ended on 11 December, featuring more than 40 works of film and video by Palestinian and international artists

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"Selma": A Perfect Timing But Incomplete Picture

The film is about the struggle of Martin Luther King, and the civil rights movement, to bring an end to racial segregation against black Americans, and to enforce citizenship rights through protests...

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"American Sniper": Adding More to the Ugly Reality

During the entire movie, Kyle is in mental agony not due to his killing of innocent people, but the possibility that his hesitations might have saved more Marines.

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The Oscar Goes to Snowden-Based Documentary

The 2015 Oscars awards ceremony was not as attractive as it once was. All of the nominated actors and actresses were white, leading social media users to create the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag

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"A Sinner In Mecca" Mixing Sex,Religion & Politics

"A Sinner In Mecca" tackled the three taboos of sex, religion, and politics; "Islam and homosexuality", "Islamic extremism and sectarianism", "filming in the sacred Muslim spots....

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"A Syrian Love Story": Humanizing the Revolution

The documentary is an attempt to humanize the Syrian conflict and make it accessible to people regardless of their background or political affiliation. Its premier was held on September 15 at London’s...

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