To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Exiles v Oligarchs
Directors: Phil Miller and Moosa Mohammed
Declassified UK
THE latest documentary from estimable investigative media organisation Declassified UK puts the magnifying glass on the special treatment given by the British government to despots and oligarchs from the Gulf state and how the victims, the exiles, of their tyrannical rule are fighting back.
Directed by Declassified UK’s intrepid investigative journalist Phil Miller and exiled Bahraini photojournalist and cameraman Moosa Mohammed, the film begins by highlighting the double standards of the British government.
RITA DI SANTO takes us through the prize winners, and takes the temperature of a festival that prioritised narratives of exile, state violence and class division
The Bard does Bearded Theory, and lodges a complaint about bandnames
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