Civil unrest articles
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What 'Civil War' Gets Right (and Wrong) About Photojournalism
Civil War eschews the typical trappings of a combat action movie by turning the lens not toward the soldiers but to the photographers capturing them. And while it excels in some aspects of its portrayal, it falters when it comes to the big stuff. [Read More]
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'Civil War' – Raw, Original and Utterly Pointless
Alex Garland wasn't kidding. The writer/director of 'Civil War' said his dystopian thriller didn't take political sides. The film bears that out, focusing entirely on journalists scrambling to cover a country at war with itself. The problem? 'Civil War' isn't action-packed in a traditional, rah-rah sense. Nor does it shed new light on what it means to be a war correspondent. What's left? Visceral moments and the sense that almost anything can happen on screen. Like Garland's previous film 'Men,'...
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A closer look at the novel '2034' and the film 'Civil War'
I finally got around to reading “2034,” which is a bit of fiction that describes what a conflict between China and the United States in 2034 might look like.