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
THE OSCARS: WHERE ARE ALL THE WOMEN? WFCC MEMBERS WEIGH IN
DISSING DUVERNAY: THE LESSONS OF SELMA
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE JURY AWARD PRESENTED AT THE RATED SR FESTIVAL
RACIAL POLITICS IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THE ACADEMY '40 YEARS BEHIND MISSISSIPPI'
FRANKLY MY DEAR: MOLLY HASKELL REVISITS GONE WITH THE WIND
WOMEN'S WORK: CLUNY BROWN AND THE ILLUSIONIST
DISSING DUVERNAY: THE LESSONS OF SELMA
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE JURY AWARD PRESENTED AT THE RATED SR FESTIVAL
RACIAL POLITICS IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THE ACADEMY '40 YEARS BEHIND MISSISSIPPI'
FRANKLY MY DEAR: MOLLY HASKELL REVISITS GONE WITH THE WIND
WOMEN'S WORK: CLUNY BROWN AND THE ILLUSIONIST
9/18/11
Warrior Review: It Asks, How Do You Forgive When You Really Have Been Wronged?
By Logan Nakyanzi Pollard
'...And so this film underlines how the sons of cruel men can love again even though their hearts have been betrayed. And cruel men can change; they can grow humble and lose their powers.'
CONTINUE TO READ HUFFINGTON POST REVIEW HERE
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard is a featured commentator at The Huffington Post, and has reported for ABC News and The Guardian. Logan is a member of the Women Film Critics Circle.
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