AmistadDirected by Steven SpielbergWith Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman, Stellan Skarsgard, Nigel Hawthorne, Pete Postlewaite and Anthony Hopkins Review by Norm Dixon
Steven Spielberg's $75 million Amistad is really two films.
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By Sarah Connor
"Unity is the world's key, and racial harmony.Until the white man stops calling himself whiteand the black man stops calling himself black,we will not see it. All the people on earthare just one family." — Bob Marley, 1978 Some
By Eva Cheng
In response to Indonesian President Suharto's attempts to backtrack from the promises which he gave the International Monetary Fund in exchange for US$43 billion in emergency credit lines, the US establishment has stepped up the
By Sarah Stephen and Trisha Reimers
With the recent charging of two doctors in Perth for performing an abortion, the issue of women's right to control her body and her life has once again made it into the headlines of major newspapers and
By Max Lane
BANGKOK — Between March 4-6, affiliates and supporters of the Asia Pacific Coalition on East Timor met for the third APCET conference here. More than 50 representatives from Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines,
Talk is cheap
John Howard has got a nerve. Not only does he attend an International Women's Day breakfast on March 8, but he also delivers a speech all about his "commitment to the continued advancement of women's rights" and "the inclusion of
By Peter Reid
The return of ABC TV's Media Watch, revamped with a new presenter and producer, is a timely reminder of how vital it is to keep an unflinching eye on the press. The need for media sentinels has never seemed more imperative, saddled as
Resistance activist contests Swinburne by-election
By Kerryn Williams
MELBOURNE — Students at Swinburne University will vote to fill a number of student union positions in a by-election on March 24 to 26. Resistance activist Arty Titiz is
Foreign language
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Life is a foreign language ... [many] mispronounce it." — Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
Taken from Thunder on the Left (1923), Christopher Morley's words remind me that death is the only language
By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya
SYDNEY — About 12,000 people attended the second Sydney Women's Festival in the Domain on March 8. The festival was initiated last year by a group of women in business and at art college who believed that the traditional
By Matt Bloor
KOOPALOONA NIARA — Logging has begun in the pristine, sub-alpine, old growth forests of Koopaloona Niara (Mother Cummings Peak) in northern Tasmania, despite a concerted effort by environmentalists to halt the destruction. For two
By Martin Iltis
ADELAIDE — On March 8, more than 2000 people took part in actions in support of reconciliation and native title. Around 1200 people gathered at Hindmarsh Square for the Show Your Hand Parade before marching to Rymill Park to link
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