Media as the Evil in Eddington
Eddington attempts to capture how media is intertwined with the uncomfortable present.

As Serb forces close in on Srebrenica a Serbian mother seeks the body of her 11-year old son, who was tortured and killed by Muslims in Bosnia.
Eddington attempts to capture how media is intertwined with the uncomfortable present.
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