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Musical biopic 'Django' opens 67th #berlinale - but is it political or not?

Politics. Political film. Maybe we should use those words less often after all. Dieter Kosslick, director of the Berlinale, had of course also noticed that we live in turbulent times. The 67th edition of this Berlin film festival opened Thursday more seriously than we were used to. No flirtation with Hollywood, but Django, labelled by Kosslick as a "gripping survival drama". A portrait of the legendary Django Reinhardt who fused jazz with gypsy sounds, gesi...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Politics. Political film. Maybe we should use those words less often after all. Dieter Kosslick, director of the Berlinale, had of course also noticed that we live in turbulent times. The 67th edition of this Berlin film festival opened Thursday more seriously than we were used to. No flirtation with Hollywood, but Django, labelled by Kosslick as a "gripping survival drama". A portrait of the legendary Django Reinhardt who fused jazz with gypsy sounds, gesi...

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