He had already built a small reputation for his first feature, the experimental sociopolitical comedy "Three Sad Tigers," which won the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1969.
The hunger for a better future remains a constant feature of the American sociopolitical landscape.
Previous research on Pohnpei (e.g. Haun, 1984; Ayres and Haun, 1985, 1990; Ayres et al., 2009; Athens and Stevenson, 2012) has examined Pohnpeian agriculture and sociopolitical change through the study of archaeological features and pollen cores.
Five case studies are presented to illustrate how biological features of specific systems lead to particular sociopolitical issues: Ips typographus in Europe; secondary ambrosia beetles attacking living beech in Europe; Dendroctonus rufipennis in Alaska; Dendroctonus ponderosae in British Columbia; and Ips pini in North America.
"Jungle" is another minor-key track featuring techno synthesizers, angry lyrics and a sociopolitical theme.
The enduring features of the subdued Saxon race — which because of medieval sociopolitical reality did not tend to intermarry with their Norman overseers — were a resentment of just authority, a tendency toward fanaticism and a reflexive valorization of liberty for its own sake.
Set in contemporary Gaza, Susan Youssef's debut feature, "Habibi," puts romance to work in the service of sociopolitical commentary.
(Chinen) ★ New Languages Presents: Music Factory (Friday through Tuesday) Equal parts conceptual-art marathon, sociopolitical statement and free-improv happening, Music Factory can plainly be described as a continuous 96-hour performance, featuring some five dozen musicians.
For me, however, this is Arnold's best work since her 2006 feature debut Red Road, an electrifying odyssey which mixes the vérité grit of Ken Loach's sociopolitical parables with the awestruck natural beauty of Terrence Malick's rural cinematic dreams, all filtered through the eyes of an irrepressible heroine whose experiences are at once singular yet universal.
