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  Beasts of No Nation 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Feb 2023

  If you want to understand the global phenomena of child soldering, deep trauma, and bleakness in war, then watch this movie. The only caveat is that you may be haunted all life long by this picture. Beasts of no Nation revealed the horrors inside the trenches of battle and the minds of the enslaved children.

  I understand that such atrocities exist but do we have to be shown these without so much as a moral of the story? It just…

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  District 9 2009

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2023

  I really enjoyed watching this movie. I thought it was very emotionally impactful as well as entertaining. The most impactful scenes were when Christopher enters MNU and sees the experiments being done on the aliens, when Tania calls Wikus and tells him that they can't be together anymore, and when the MNU soldiers abuse the aliens. I think that district 9 accurately displays the conditions of real-life refugee camps and ghettos. The movie uses the setting and the plot to push an anti-racism and segregation narrative.

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  Gandhi 1982

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Nov 2022 1

  I didn't know much about Gandhi or India's path to independence. This movie really surprised me. While I knew that Gandhi advocated for non-violence, I didn't know to what extent he believed in those principles. Seeing him fast in order to stop violent riots was very commendable. All of Gandhi's speeches, especially those advocating for non-cooperation and non-violence were incredibly inspirational and thought-provoking.

  I thoroughly enjoyed this movie as I was able to understand Gandhi's motivations and strategies for liberating…

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