MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
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Burning the lungs of the planet
MARIA DUARTE recommends a documentary feature that vividly portrays the horror of Amazon forest's destruction under the Bolsonaro government
POVERTY AND GREED: Slush and burn of the Uru-eu-wau-wau forests
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STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
The Territory (12A)
Directed by Alex Pritz
THE FILM follows Bitate, a young indigenous leader who rallies his people to fight against the land grabbing farmers and illegal settlers who, encouraged by the right-wing administration of Jair Bolsonaro, enter their “legally” protected territory in the Brazilian Amazon and seize land.
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