PHOTO BY JERRY HOLT/MCT These are the last two days to view the “Remembering Nelson Mandela’s Life and Legacy” exhibit at Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum. On view are original documents from Mandela’s election as president of South Africa in 1994, letter to his family while in prison, personal memorabilia of Springfield residents who have […]
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Muddled Elysium
In 2009, writer/director Neill Blomkamp got the film world’s attention with District 9, a powerful sci-fi allegory that examined the vagaries of Apartheid that plagued his native South Africa. Inventive, uncompromising and a reminder that the best futuristic fiction deals with issues of today, the movie ended up scoring an Academy Award nomination for Best […]
