GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a version set amid the violent conflicts of the 19th century west African Oyo empire before the intervention of British colonialism
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MARTIN HALL admires a remarkable film that concentrates on the human impact of gender dysphoria
Sofia Otero in 20,000 Species of Bees, a role for which he became the first child actor to win Berlin's Silver Bear
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GILL PARSONS introduces the remarkable process by which her childhood experience of a convalescent home has become a new drama
SEAMUS HIGGINS introduces some basic facts about the role of sugar in driving a worldwide crisis of diet-related diseases
Japanese innovation, Costa Rican skullduggery, Glasgow Central suicide, and good deeds punished in London
New releases from The Orb, Meredith Monk, and Marconi Union
RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
20,000 Species of Bees (12A)
Directed by Urresola Solaguren
THIS is an impressive debut from Urresola Solguren.
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