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Posts tagged with Film-Festival
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“Last Flight Home”: A Documentary About the Value of Life
2024-02-25 21:40:13 UTC[Published in SCAD District] https://scaddistrict.com/last-flight-home-a-documentary-about-the-value-of-life/ I walked into “Last Flight Home” without any idea what it was about apart from, “Make sure you are prepared and got tissues.” This was not necessarily what I was looking for at 11:30 in the morning, but I was still here for it. By…
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“The Lost Daughter” explores the realities of motherhood
2024-02-25 20:54:46 UTC[Published in SCAD District] https://scaddistrict.com/the-lost-daughter-explores-the-realities-of-motherhood/ If you’re looking for a film to make you uncomfortable in the best way, “The Lost Daughter” is for you. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut left me feeling, to put it lightly, emotionally destroyed. At the start of the film, 48-year-old Leda, played by Academy Award…
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Students bring to light the story of the last slave ship in “Surviving Clotilda”
2024-02-25 20:52:10 UTC[Published in SCAD District] https://scaddistrict.com/students-bring-to-light-the-story-of-the-last-slave-ship-in-surviving-clotilda/ In the 1850s, the world’s entire economy was powered by slave labor. Although importation of slaves was made illegal in the early 1800s, it continued clandestinely in the United States until 1860. Due to the atrocious work from people like slave-trader Timothy Meaher and Captain…