Guyana: LATEST NEWS –February 19-20, 2017 – Kaieteur News… (see links to other news sources below)
20 February 2017
- GOINVEST – more ‘unlimited’ concessions for investors – Verwey
- Attorney says…Parking meter contract makes company judge, jury and executioner
- Govt. should insist on financial responsibility from City Council
- Constitutional Reform…Executive presidency has to go
- Removing shades of Executive abuse from Constitution a tough task
- East Bank four lane highway…Non-compliance of contractors causes further delays
- Supreme Court implements voice recording system
- Cabinet to consider amendments to Integrity Commission legislation – Nagamootoo
- Pleasurable Flavours…Linden woman crafts successful business
- Orange marmalade to transform Hiowa village
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Why ‘Hidden Figures’ Is Alarmingly Relevant to the Black experience in present-day USA
Why ‘Hidden Figures’ Is So Alarmingly Relevant
Uri Klein – Haaretz
“Hidden Figures,” the second feature (after “St. Vincent,” 2014) by Theodore Melfi, is a lesson in American history that’s intended for the whole family. It’s set in the most significant decade of U.S.A. history, in the second half of the 20th century – the 1960s. Other films that take place in that decade deal grimly with the blacks’ struggle for civil rights and equality.
By contrast, “Hidden Figures,” though not omitting any part of the ugly treatment meted out to the “coloured,” as they were then called, presents its true story almost as a fairy tale that inevitably leads to victory. Continue reading →
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