<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Land of Mine – Hating the Enemy

Land of Mine – Hating the Enemy

Dec 9, 2016

?If you?re old enough to go to war, you?re old enough to clean up your mess.? At the end of World War II, the Danish army used German POWs to clear their beaches of over two million landmines the Germans had put there during their occupation. Land of Mine (Denmark?s...

Anonymous – Hacking Goes Bad

Anonymous – Hacking Goes Bad

Dec 2, 2016

The advent of information technology has made a great many things possible?including crime. In Anonymous? Alex (Callen McAuliffe), a young man who is upset with the bank that fired his mother, sets off to disrupt the system through hacking. He learns of DarkWeb, a...

Things to Come – Finding a New Path

Things to Come – Finding a New Path

Dec 1, 2016

?I?m too old for radicality.? When the foundations of our lives shift, how do we begin to rebuild? In Mia Hansen-L?ve?s film Things to Come, a middle aged woman faces sudden changes and must set about finding the course she wants for her life. Nathalie (Isabelle...

On the Map – Hoops and Hope

On the Map – Hoops and Hope

Nov 25, 2016

?Finally the Jewish teams are kicking ass.? Can a sports team be the catalyst that not only unites a nation but also gives it a sense of the nation?s place in the world? On the Map asks us to consider the role the Israeli basketball team Macabbi Tel Aviv had in...

Miss Sloane – Politics behind the curtain

Miss Sloane – Politics behind the curtain

Nov 25, 2016

?You cross the line when you don?t treat people with respect. You?re smart enough to know that. You just don?t care.? What an amazing political year this has been! One of the things that have led to the strangeness of this election cycle is a mistrust in the very...

Lion – A Story of Being Lost and Found

Lion – A Story of Being Lost and Found

Nov 25, 2016

In Lion a child faces perhaps the most frightening of all prosepects?being separated from his family and far from home. That he manages to find a new family in a faraway land may seem like a rescue (and it is), but what of the family he lost? The film is divided into...

Moana – The Newest Disney Princess

Moana – The Newest Disney Princess

Nov 23, 2016

A young Pacific Islander woman finds her destiny, restores her people?s character, and becomes the newest Disney Princess in Moana. The animated musical from directors Ron Clements and John Musker (the team that made The Little Mermaid) brings the ethos of Oceania to...

AFIFest – The Awards

AFIFest – The Awards

Nov 18, 2016

The last day of AFIFest presented by Audi features screenings of the award winning films. It makes it a bit hard to plan your day since you never know what will be playing until you get to the festival. But it means that you have a very good chance of seeing something...

AFIFest – More films from around the world

AFIFest – More films from around the world

Nov 17, 2016

Yesterday was another day of globetrotting at AFIFest Presented by Audi for me. One of the joys of film festivals is the chance to see the similarities and differences of cultures. That sometimes applies to the subcultures of American life we see as well. But it is...