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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Cries from Syria" and "Race," about Jesse Owens, together give a thunderingly deep felt sense
of the grim authoritarian control by Hitler and Assad/Putin. Seeing and understanding in our minds what's happening in our country is one thing. That we are at a grave pivotal point
has never been more clearly felt than after seeing these films. Highly rec seeing them back to back if you haven't seen them yet.
Injustice in the US is the primary focus in the Owens film, and the counterpoint of Nazism is handled more subtly, almost background. How much authoritarian background are US citizens willing to accept?
A couple of clips:
demmiblue
(36,898 posts)JudyM
(29,280 posts)demmiblue
(36,898 posts)I don't know if I could watch the movie straight through.
I still have wee little Omran's image burned in my mind:
JudyM
(29,280 posts)I came away with a far greater understanding of what's happening there, and the struggle of people vs power. It is timeless and universal.