
In 1988, 184,000 Iraqi Kurds were abducted from their towns and villages by the Iraqi government as part of a genocidal campaign. After the liberation of Kurdistan in 1991, Hana is assigned by the United Nations to investigate the fate of the missing. She encounters vast numbers of unclaimed identity cards and personal documents, and among them discovers the tragic truth of her own fate.
A young girl who is determined to sail the ocean within 210 days at sea brings an adventurous story for viewers.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
The original series is now on Netflix, you should definitely give it a watch. And if you’ve already seen it, watch it again.
“Eleanor The Great” is a feel-good story that explores how we cope with grief and loss while educating us about the horrors of the Holocaust.