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belfast was well received in london, as it has been elsewhere on the festival circuit, particularly the toronto film festival where it won the people s choice award, often a precursor to academy awards glory. there were many strong documentaries in the london film festival lineup this year, and among them, mothers of the revolution, which took a look at the thousands of women who participated in protests at greenham common in berkshire over the proliferation of nuclear weapons. emma jones reports. we knew there was this place called greenham common, with foreign missiles on our soil. we had to do something. we knew we were crazy, but we had to do it. a0 years ago, in 1981, a group of women marched from wales to raf greenham common in the countryside surrounding london, in protest at american nuclear weapons being kept at the british base. they stayed. they say the fear of nuclear
in northern ireland has provided filmmakers with strong ingredients for dramatic storytelling. many films addressed aspects of the conflict directly. in kenneth branagh s belfast, the troubles are evident they are not really explored. the film is set during a very tumultuous time, a political time, but it is not a political film, is it? no, i think that because it is seen so purposefully through the ideas of a nine year old, this is someone who doesn t really understand, will be forced to, but doesn t understand that level what politics really means. for him it is a big enough challenge, and it is a simple, and ultimately for the world it is a profound challenge, to understand, well, why are these people i was playing with yesterday now people i can t play with? kenneth branagh s black and white memoir has been likened to alfonso cuaron s oscar winning roma of a few years ago. belfast was well received in london, as it has been elsewhere on the festival circuit,