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Sun 18 Oct 2:00 PM
Odeon Star Semaphore: Cinema 1
General Admission
Unclassified 15+
101 MinsThis, at home in the US, speaking out against the worst impulses of Presidents from Clinton to Trump, and abroad, including murderous clampdowns against protestors from East Timor to Uganda, and, most recently, the horrors of Israel’s war on Gaza. Building Democracy Now! up from a tiny outfit syndicated to community radio, to a still-small, but perfectly formed force that has expanded to TV, it’s often way ahead of its broligarch-owned mainstream competitors, despite relying entirely on the generosity of its audience. Behind the headlines, Trouble the Water (2008) filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s award-winning portrait shows exactly what it takes for Goodman to make it work, enduring both political stonewalling and double-speak, plus the occasional beating. You’ll also meet her loyal pup Zazu – named for the French resistance fighters, not The Lion King hornbill – in a bracing documentary that will have you asking: “What more can I do?”