Bug: A Play
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This dark comedy takes place in a seedy motel room outside Oklahoma City, where Agnes, a drug-addled...
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
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War photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir It's What I Do is the story of how the relentless pursuit...
A Name on a Wall: Two Men, Two Wars, Two Destinies
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An unusual coincidence occurred early one morning at the most visited war memorial in the United...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write in Books
Oct 13, 2017
Some of the stand out stories, essays and poems include a man reconnecting with art through a woman's eyes, to political stories about the apartheid state of Palestine, so-called "honour crimes", and the illegal war in Iraq. The writers involved are award-winning authors such as Kamila Shamsie, actors, and even a young 15 year old poet - all based in the UK.
It avoids stereotypes and instead advocates quite a humanist outlook on femininity - that a person is complex, with a full range of emotions rather than just the standard media portrayal. A wonderful plethora of diversity.
Politicians and Other Animals
Olivia O'Leary and Martyn Turner
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Displaying an irreverent sense of humour and casting a sharp eye at modern Irish life, Olivia...
Cry Havoc
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On 7 March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare...
Over the Top: A Cartoon History of Australia at War
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To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, this groundbreaking book is a...
Spoils: A Novel
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It is the spring of 2003 and coalition forces are advancing on Iraq. Images of a giant statue of...
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The Afghanistan Papers
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The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military...
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Green Zone (2010) in Movies
Aug 8, 2019
Based on the 2006 award winning book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the film focuses on the duality of war. The plot covers both the obtuse role of US military within Iraq and the multitude of complexities a soldier faces in the pursuit of what is right.
“Green Zone” presents a compelling take on the Iraq conflict by pursuing a variety of perspectives and maintaining the intensity of a good thriller. It is a film that manages to enjoy the fruits of a novel basis while avoiding the boring dragging out that so often happens when films try to maintain literary accuracy.
In fact, the beginning was more like playing a good level of Call of Duty Modern Warfare (starring a main character who happens to have once been Jason Bourne) than an adaptation of a famous piece of literature. Partially due to Damon’s acting skills, “Green Zone” manages to walk far from the identity of Bourne and quickly catches viewers up in an entirely different character.
An interesting perspective on a conflict that is still fresh in the minds of US citizens, “Green Zone” proves to be thought-provoking while at the same time creating an enjoyable film-going experience.