The holiday season is here! No matter what your plans are for this week, I hope you've taken every ne
Nov 27, 2020 • View in browser
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The holiday season is here! No matter what your plans are for this week, I hope you’ve taken every necessary precaution, and that you continue to do so moving forward. Hyperallergic has got some fun highlights for you to kick bath with over the long weekend, from a queer Christmas romcom to a Hito Steyerl “visual podcast” and more.
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What's Happening?
Kahlil Joseph, “BLKNWS®”
Kahlil Joseph, “BLKNWS®”
Congratulations are in order for the staff of Film at Lincoln Center, who this week overwhelmingly voted to unionize.
In Los Angeles, this year’s edition of the Hammer Museum’s Made in LA exhibition features several installations of Khalil Joseph’s “conceptual journalism” project “BLKNWS®.” Check it out if you can! (We also previously covered the project at Sundance.)
Finally, I talked to veteran documentarian Errol Morris about his new film My Psychedelic Love Story, which profiles ‘60s flower power socialite Joanna Harcourt-Smith and her relationship with Timothy Leary. Among other things, he told me I have the look of someone being influenced by the government.
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What to Stream
From "The Ice Storm"
From "The Ice Storm"
There are plenty of Thanksgiving movies out there, but if you just want some of the ones that don’t glorify a colonialist holiday, then we’ve got you covered.
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona has just passed away. Learn all about him with the recent documentary Diego Maradona, which Kelli Weston reviewed for us last year.
With new episodes of Small Axe still arriving on Amazon, it’s a good opportunity to check out this documentary about the real-life Mangrove Nine (the subject of the first film in the series, Mangrove). Released a few years after the trial, you can compare interviews with the defendants to their depictions in the movie.
The Mangrove Nine
The Mangrove Nine
Until we can see you in the theater again, stay safe!
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