AGORA
: Dragged from her chariot by a mob of fanatical vigilante Christian monks, the revered astronomer was stripped naked, skinned to her bones with sharp oyster shells, stoned and burned alive as possibly the first executed witch in history. A kind of purge that was apparently big business back then.


CRITICAL WOMEN HEADLINES

1/20/12

He Said, She Said....Albert Nobbs: Sex, Lies And Economics


HE SAID....

By Gerald Wright

'...During this time in history, Ireland is extremely poor. Just right around the corner from the hotel is abject poverty. Albert Nobbs knows that without her job that's where she could end up. And she knows anyone can get fired at any moment. There is a sense of fear among all the hotel workers. Sadly, she was an orphan child and as an adult she doesn't really know her own name...The story is simple and linear, but it touches on complex human issues that reflect on everyone's own life...'

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Gerald Wright
National Association of Black Journalists
HDfest.com
Film Showcase

SHE SAID....

'Close gives a mesmerizing performance as a 19th century woman determined to live her life covertly as a man, not out of any gender identity imperative, but to never again endure sexual violence from men. Girl bonding rules under the radar in hard times...'

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Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
Women Film Critics Circle

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