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Fishko Files | Feb 4, 2021

The recent death of screenwriter Walter Bernstein has WNYC's Sara Fishko ruminating on the subject of dissent, protest and the movies, in this edition of Fishko Files.

Walter Bernstein is memorialized in many obituaries, including this one in The New York Times.

MLK/FBI and The Front are available on Amazon Prime. The Trial of the Chicago 7 is now streaming on Netflix.

Judas and the Black Messiah comes to theatres and HBO Max on Friday, February 12.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday begins streaming on Hulu on Friday, February 26.

Minamata is set for release later this year, with the date to be determined.

Fishko Files with Sara Fishko

Assistant Producer: Olivia Briley
Mix Engineer: Ed Haber
Editor: Karen Frillmann

 

 

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