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MOTHER COURAGE The late Twala plays a matriarch resisting the destruction of her way of life in a landmark film from Lesotho. Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming and not always easy to sort through. This week, the Vermont International Film Foundation starts a new installment of its Split/Screen series, running April 16 through 25. As befits the week of Earth Day, the focus is on the intersection of environmental and human rights. I watched
This Is Not a Burial, It s a Resurrection, a 2019 drama from Lesotho that delivers an indictment of environmental imperialism in haunting form. Learn more at vtiff.org.
New movies to stream this week: Roe v. Wade, Every Breath You Take and more
Michael O Sullivan, The Washington Post
April 1, 2021
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1of8John Schneider, left, and Jon Voight play Supreme Court justices in Roe v. Wade. Quiver DistributionShow MoreShow Less
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7of8A scene aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the documentary The Last Cruise. HBOShow MoreShow Less
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Arriving amid controversy and with a chip on its shoulder, the drama Roe v. Wade lands on premium video-on-demand services after premiering at February s Conservative Political Action Conference. Billed as the true story of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case affirming the right to safe and legal abortion, the film was produced, co-written and co-directed by Nick Loeb, who also plays the film s main character: Bernard Nathanson, best known as the co-founder of the Nat