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Featured Friday: Social Realism
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at how filmmakers use hyper-realistic depictions of contemporary issues to critique the power structures that govern our everyday lives. Our collection includes: Another Year by Mike Leigh Hard Truths by Mike Leigh […] The post Featured Friday: Social Realism first appeared on John August.
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.
This week, we look at how filmmakers use hyper-realistic depictions of contemporary issues to critique the power structures that govern our everyday lives.
Our collection includes:
- Another Year by Mike Leigh
- Hard Truths by Mike Leigh
- Icebox by Daniel Sawka
- Leave No Trace by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
- Nebraska by Robert W. Nelson
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
- Nomadland by Chloé Zhao
- Pariah by Dee Rees
- Precious by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
- Roma by Alfonso Cuarón
- Short Term 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton
- Tangerine by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
- The Florida Project by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
- The Rider by Chloé Zhao
- The Wrestler by Rob Siegel
- Winter’s Bone by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!The post Featured Friday: Social Realism first appeared on John August.
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