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‘Demand for Hate’ Gets to Heart of Hate Crime Hoaxes

Jussie Smollett. Bubba Wallace. Michael Brown. And, for those with long memories, Tawana Brawley. The list of hate crime hoaxes is nauseating and long, but most documentary filmmakers have little desire to turn their cameras on the subject. Enter The Daily Caller. The conservative platform is churning out documentaries to fill the gaps left by …

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Moroccan Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Animalia’ Trailer About an Alien Encounter

"Don't let fear stop you." Dark Star Pictures has revealed the official US trailer for an impressive indie sci-fi mystery thriller titled Animalia, a French-Moroccan production about a pregnant woman in Morocco. This initially premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival last year and it also played at plenty of other major festivals throughout 2023, including Vancouver and London. The film won a Sundance New Vision award and brings "the arrival of a new, freshly original cinematic voice" in French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui. As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives changed by a supernatural event. A story about a woman who discoverers emancipation when aliens arrive in Morocco. That's the big pitch, though there's also an intriguing psychological thriller angle to this story as well. Starring Oumaïma Barid as Itto, Mehdi Dehbi, Fouad Oughaou, and Souad Khouyi. It's arriving on VOD to watch next week if anyone is curious to give this a look. I dig the grandiose sci-fi vibes of this, definitely on my radar to watch. Here's the official US trailer ...