Religion has been the subject of a great many movies since the earliest days of cinema. Some of these movies have celebrated religion, such as “Soldiers of the Cross” (1900), “Siddhartha,” and “Oh, God!”  Others—such as “Elmer Gantry,” “The Seventh Seal,” and “The Last Temptation of Christ”—have taken critical positions, often generating controversy. In the…

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Public Service Announcements (PSAs) often are cerebral. But as human rights lawyer Adebayo Okeowo demonstrates in “Not for Sale,” telling a story can give a message astonishing power. In this case, the short PSA, shot using an iPhone 7, dramatizes the tragedy of migration. In the first half of 2017, more than a thousand migrants perished in the Mediterranean.…

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