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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Into the Okavango

Africa is a continent which continues to be picked apart for its natural resources, whether that’s precious metals and minerals or its vast array of magnificent wildlife. Botswana is renowned…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Preview: Worlds of Ursula K. le Guin

In the male dominated world of science-fiction literature during the 1960s and 1970s, Ursula K. le Guin was an undoubted star. Considered by many to be one of the most…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: A Northern Soul

I lived in Hull in the late ‘90s and for one reason or another saw quite a lot of the city. Apart from having the ‘biggest council housing estate in…

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Incoming: McQueen

Mirroring the savage beauty, maverick originality and vivacity of his design, “McQueen” is an intimate revelation of Alexander [Lee] McQueen’s own personal and professional world, both tortured and inspired. It…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Preview: What is Democracy?

Democracy is good. For decades this has been a universal truth widely accepted by those living in a country with a democratic system of government, and even those who do…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Defiant Ones

In 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. He went on to become one of the…

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Blu-Ray Review: Vigil

Whilst he may not be a familiar name to most outside of his homeland, Vincent Ward is without question one of the most influential and important film directors ever to…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Preview: The Silence of Others

The Spanish Civil War was bitterly contested by the Republicans and Nationalists between 1936 and 1939. It was a bitter and bloody conflict, with atrocities committed on both sides. The…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Preview: Boys Who Like Girls

Gender-based violence is rife in countless places around the world. It’s shocking that in many cultures, women and girls are considered to be second-class citizens. Whilst men/boys get the opportunities,…

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Film Review: King of Hearts

Whilst today he may not get the credit or acknowledgement that some of his peers receive, Alan Bates was unquestionable one of the most versatile and well thought of British…

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