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Comets: Review

10/10/2021

This film-of-two-halves by Georgian director Tamar Shavgulidze is a rumination on the theme of reuniting and adrift souls coming back together.

A teenage girl called Irina (Ekaterina Kalatozishvili) sits in a sun-drenched garden reading aloud to herself. “I sit nursing the rooted love I first planted as a sample…” She’s waiting for family members who never show up. But the person who does mysteriously arrive is another Irina (Nino Kasradze), the girl’s namesake.

Our People Will Be Healed: Review

3/10/2021

Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has directed dozens of films, many of which document First Nations culture and history. Her 50th film “Our People Will Be Healed”(2017) focuses on one of Manitoba’s largest First Nations communities, Norway House, and how the people there are looking ahead towards healing and reclamation of culture through education.

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Hi, I'm Caz. I live in Edinburgh and I watch a lot of films. My reviews focus mainly on women in film - female directors or how women are represented on screen.
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