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Artist Julian Schnabel’s new film, Miral, about generations of suffering among Palestinian women, gives a history lesson that not everyone wants to hear. Plus, Schnabel and Harvey Weinstein on ...
“Miral” is not without its Jewish supporters. The dovish Israel lobby J Street defended Schnabel and Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Company is distributing the film.
On Thursday, Congress launched an investigation into the American-Muslim community that many observers have likened to a McCarthyite witch-hunt, and on March 25, Miral, a mainstream American film ...
Miral: Film Review Freida Pinto stars in director Julian Schnabel's dramatic but uneven exploration of the lives of four Palestinian women during the years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
‘Miral’ Producer Surprised Over Movie’s Controversy "But I think the controversy, if you want to call it that, comes from such a small minority of people," Jon Kilik tells THR of the film ...
"Miral" is based on an autobiographical novel by Rula Jebreal. If you want to worry about bias in the presentation, don't focus on the filmmaker's political opinions as much as the fact that ...
“Miral” doesn’t aim to present every point of view, only that of its characters. There’s nothing “anti-Israel,” as some have claimed, about its earnest, if simplistic call for ...
Host Scott Simon talks with artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel about his new movie, Miral. The drama is centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl, who grows up in the wake of the first Arab ...