Iyad: An Epic of Modern Mali
By Joe McKnight One name kept repeating itself: Iyad ag-Ghali, leader of Ansar Dine. It seems to me his story, and his political role, may be one that ends up profoundly altering Mali’s future. Continue Reading →
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Listening, with Monks
Abby Ohlheiser: Of Gods and Men (122 minutes, 2010), a new film by Xavier Beauvois, opened last Friday in Los Angeles and New York (at Sunshine, show times are here) after a brief run at the New York Film Festival in the fall. Winner of the second-place prize at last year’s Canne Film Festival, it is brilliant, in the way that Dreyer’s Passion of Joan of Arc is brilliant. Continue Reading →