RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?”: People’s Republic of China Kryptonite Chases Clark Kent from Hong Kong!

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) promised 50 more years of democracy in Hong Kong after the British lease on its “colony” expired. That promise never materialized as the PRC tightened its grip on Hong Kong gradually stripping away any vestiges of democracy. Why would one of the worst greed driven imperialistic dictatorships afford itsContinue reading “RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?”: People’s Republic of China Kryptonite Chases Clark Kent from Hong Kong!”

RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Razing Liberty Square”: Them vs. Us

Liberty Square was one of the United States’ first public housing projects and the first for black residents of Miami. On the municipal plans it was referred to as a “negro community” and duly segregated in the spirit of the times. Over 700 families had homes in Liberty Square. The homes looked like army barracksContinue reading “RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Razing Liberty Square”: Them vs. Us”

RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Theatre of Violence”: Innocent Little Boy or the King of War Crimes in Uganda?

“Theatre of Violence” is a documentary examining the heinous crimes against humanity committed by Dominic Ongwen a senior brigade leader in the rebel faction Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). His trial for 70 charges of crimes against humanity began in 2016 in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. Clear cut isn’t it? Not reallyContinue reading “RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Theatre of Violence”: Innocent Little Boy or the King of War Crimes in Uganda?”

RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Hebron Relocation”: Church and State Swindle of the Inuit?

Holly Anderson’s short documentary “Hebron Relocation” has its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto Hot Docs Festival. It explores the forced location of 233 Inuit from Hebron to more southerly locations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1959. Unfortunately the documentary fails to provide what the “official reason” was for the relocation so viewers may beContinue reading “RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Hebron Relocation”: Church and State Swindle of the Inuit?”

RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Seven Winters in Tehran”:   Deadly Iranian Misogyny and Theocracy

Reyhaneh Jabbari was born in Tehran on November 6, 1987, as the first child of Shole Pakravan and Fereydoon Jabbari. Together with her two sisters, she grew up in Tehran in a protected, loving, artistic home. She studied computer science and worked part-time as an interior designer in the office of a family friend. SheContinue reading “RKS 2023 Hot Docs: “Seven Winters in Tehran”:   Deadly Iranian Misogyny and Theocracy”