The Silence of Others: A Nation’s Pact of Forgetting and the Endurance of Memory
The Silence of Others begins with a quiet act of remembrance: María Martín, an elderly woman, kneels by the side...
Review
JPI’s Review aim to give critical evaluations that focus on the political themes and messages conveyed by cultural or artistic products, such as a book, film, television show, play, or art exhibition. Our contributors assess the product’s political content and analyze how it reflects or engages with contemporary political issues and debates.
The NYC Russian Neighborhood Where Anora is Set Sees the Movie as an Opportunity
When accepting her Best Actress Oscar, Mikey Madison thanked a neighborhood in New York that rarely appears on travel guides:...
Who Do We Remember? A Review of Jenny Murray’s ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018)
Murray, Jenny, dir. ¡Las Sandinistas! 2018: Kino Lorber. ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018), a documentary directed by Jenny Murray, follows women who...
The Brilliance of Netflix’s “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” in the Retelling of the Nazi Occupation in Guernsey
The collective history of World War II is well-documented, with an array of archival literature and videography meticulously depicting the...
Oppenheimer and the Nuclear Chain Reaction
This past summer saw the release of Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, a biopic of the man who was instrumental...
Historical Film Review: Quo Vadis, Aida? and the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre
Foreign war drama, Quo Vida, Aida? offers heartbreaking and powerful insight into the July 1995 Srebrenica Massacre, an eleven-day event...
Citizenship and the Vulnerability of the “Stateless” in Offshore Citizens
Offshore Citizens, written by Noora Lori, a professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, examines the global standard...
Information: The Best Weapon Against Radicalization
Yasmin Green, the director of research and development for Jigsaw, speaks at the beginning of a talk about fake news...
Caring for the Crazy
What if the next time you fell ill, seriously ill—the kind of illness that floats you between this world and...
The Truth About Torture: Depicting CIA Abuses in “The Torture Report”
On September 17, 2001, the United States took its first steps into a global War on Terror. President George W....
