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Author: Billy Perrigo

Billy graduated from Warwick University in 2017 with a first class degree in History. He is now a reporter at TIME magazine.
Editor's Picks In Depth Quick ReadsBilly PerrigoJune 1, 2018June 1, 2018

Marichuy: the indigenous woman who tried and failed to become Mexico’s new President

Mexico’s first indigenous female presidential candidate failed to get on the ballot for the July 2018 election, shining a light on structural discrimination in the troubled country.

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In Depth
In DepthThe Panoptic TeamJanuary 9, 2018January 9, 2018

A Year In Depth

It’s been a great year for our In Depth section, with a diversity of topics bringing global issues to the fore. Have a dip into our varied articles, and find out our most read articles of 2017!

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Reviews 2017
Arts Editor's PicksThe Panoptic TeamJanuary 7, 2018

Top Ten Reviews of 2017

We bring you our most read reviews of 2017, with links to the full articles to peruse at your pleasure!

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Raindance 2017
25th Raindance Arts Editor's Picks FestivalsThe Panoptic TeamOctober 4, 2017December 11, 2017

Raindance 25: Our Reflections

This year the team at The Panoptic were delighted to attend the 25th Raindance Film Festival, celebrating indie films from across the world. Now that it has ended, we wanted to share our reflections from the festival from everyone who was part of the reviewing team.

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25th Raindance Arts Documentary FilmBilly PerrigoSeptember 28, 2017September 29, 2017

Speak Up (À voix haute, la force de la parole)

Speak Up is a stylish, moving, funny, and well-paced documentary. But most importantly, makes you smile. Released in France as À voix haute, la force de la parole, we caught its UK premiere this Wednesday.

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25th Raindance Arts Documentary FilmBilly PerrigoSeptember 27, 2017November 27, 2017

Bluefin: Tuna fishing’s catch-22

In the small fishing village of North Lake, Canada, people remember when the tuna went away. Now they’re back in numbers, and so is North Lake’s reputation as the “tuna capital of the world”. But scientists claim stocks are down by 90% globally, and these normally wary tuna are so hungry that they will now…

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Arts Documentary In DepthBilly PerrigoSeptember 26, 2017September 26, 2017

‘Siblings’ world premiere: A tale of Mexico and America from below

Siblings is a film of two halves, two stories which play out on different sides of the Mexican-American border. It is about love and abandonment, illegal immigration and populism, and three real people whose voices we seldom hear in the age of Trump and his ‘beautiful wall’.

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25th Raindance Arts Documentary In DepthBilly PerrigoSeptember 25, 2017November 27, 2017

Riverblue: Exposing the fashion industry’s dirty laundry

“How clean are your clothes?” probes the tagline for Riverblue, a powerful film that shows the high cost of low cost clothing.

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25th Raindance Arts Documentary FilmBilly PerrigoSeptember 24, 2017

On Yoga, or ‘How white people learned to stop worrying and love the om’

The seething tourist trap of Leicester Square in central London might not seem the ideal location for a screening of a film about peace, tranquility, and deep questions about human nature.

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Arts MusicBilly PerrigoApril 7, 2017September 24, 2017

Dubtopia: strong but formulaic

After we reviewed Gentleman’s Dub Club perform live in London last month, they were kind enough to send us an advance copy of their new album Dubtopia, which is out today on Easy Star Records.

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