POV
Film Review: The Last Out
Sport have always been seen as a way out. A way for young adults from poor backgrounds to escape a lifetime of poverty or crime. A way to earn money when there are a few other prospects. A means of escaping a relatively poor country and moving to a much more affluent one. In much …
Film Review: Winter’s Yearning
Greenland (or Kalaallit Nunaat as it’s officially known) is the world’s largest island. The bulk of the land is uninhabitable, sparsely populated and with most of the 50,000 population clinging to the south western reaches of the country. It was part of the Kingdom of Denmark for almost three hundred years before being granted home …
Film Review: North by Current
Families are complex units but words and actions, often spoken or taken in the heat of the moment, can resonate across a life. The beliefs and moral values parents impose on their children can become ingrained in their psyche. While the young might be adaptable, resilient and robust, that doesn’t mean that childhood trauma won’t …
LFF Review: The Neutral Ground
The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on 25 May 2020 was the catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests which erupted across the United States and beyond. While this triggered a debate about memorials to our colonial past in Britain, there were already moves to remove Confederate statues from Southern towns and …
Film Review: Fruits of Labour
Traditionally, one of the most popular jobs for migrants has been working the land. The appeal is obvious. Agricultural work does not usually require verbal or written knowledge of a country’s language. It’s a job which can be largely carried-out in the same, or in a similar, way everywhere. However, the sector has a reputation …
Film Review: Landfall
Nestled in the east of the Great Antilles, Puerto Rico is both a Caribbean Island and easily the biggest of the unincorporated territories of the United States. In many ways this gives it something of an identity crisis. Traditional culture and ways of living collide with an influx of rich investors who are tempted to …