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My Father and Qaddafi: the story Hollywood never let Libyans tell
Jihan K’s documentary on her family’s search for her father — Libya’s former foreign minister, disappeared in 1993 — lets a Libyan tell you who she and her people actually are
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Misan Harriman: ‘My worldview is just basic recognition of the tenets of humanity’
The photographer and film-maker on Shoot the People, the documentary and ‘opus of hope’ about his work as a chronicler of resistance
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Life Support director Daniele Rugo: ‘You want to cancel me? We’ll continue speaking up’
Rugo’s documentary follows a group of British doctors who made repeated missions into Gaza’s hospitals, becoming ‘the sole international observers’ of the two years of Israel’s war
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‘We are collaborators’: Shaheen Baig, the trailblazing casting director
An industry legend who gave actors Daniel Kaluuya and Owen Cooper their breakout roles, Baig will be recognised at this year's Muslim International Film Festival, celebrating her 30-year career
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The Agency season 2 — this excellent show should be much bigger than it is
Starring Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere, Jodie Turner-Smith and Amir El-Masry, The Agency ought to be a headline-grabbing TV event
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Deli Boys season 2 — the only disappointment is how quickly it ends
The Disney+ comedy carries all the swagger of a show that’s already won over its audience, and creator Abdullah Saeed remains committed to making audiences laugh by any means necessary
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Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic — a slick satire about fame as an instrument of state control
The Swedish-Egyptian director examines the uneasy relationship between artists, propaganda and authoritarianism
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Attenborough at 100: how millions were able to see and appreciate the wider world
As the BBC marks Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday with Making Life on Earth, Leila Latif reflects that aside from astonishing longevity, his impact often comes down to getting people to care enough to look
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Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm softens the blow of Orwell’s satire
Despite some sacrifices of the novel’s bite, this animated adaptation contains clear echoes of a contemporary political landscape in which belonging is conditional
