Articles, reflections and documentary notes from the ground.
Okja is not simply a film about animal rights. It is an examination of capitalism, corporate power, environmental exploitation, media spectacle, and the ways affection can become an unexpected form of political resistance.
Read More →Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) is a deeply moving film that explores education, modernity, cultural identity and the meaning of happiness. Through the journey of a reluctant teacher sent to a remote Bhutanese village, the film questions whether material success alone can give life true purpose.
Read More →Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer (2013) is a powerful dystopian film that uses a constantly moving train to explore class inequality, political control, environmental disaster and revolution. Through its divided society, the film presents a disturbing vision of a world where survival depends on maintaining a brutal social hierarchy.
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