MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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The South Korean selkies
MARIA DUARTE recommends a homage to fearless, independent and empowering elderly women
The Last of the Sea Women - South Korea's natural marine divers
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
The Last of the Sea Women (PG)
Directed by Sue Kim
“BEING an haenyeo is a calling,” states one of the extraordinary protagonists in Sue Kim’s enlightening directorial debut feature about a little-known but fierce band of women in South Korea.
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