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202221 minPGdocumentary

The Fire This Time

202221 minPGdocumentary

Sonia Shah joins experts like Anjuli Raza Kolb and Keiji Fukuda to explore the links between pandemics, riots, and colonial violence throughout history.

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Sonia Shah joins experts like Anjuli Raza Kolb and Keiji Fukuda to explore the links between pandemics, riots, and colonial violence throughout history.

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Mariam Ghani

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Sonia Shah, a science journalist, joins a diverse group of experts to discuss the connections between pandemics, riots, and colonial violence. The film presents a historical narrative that reflects on the fragility of societal structures. Contributions from poet Anjuli Raza Kolb, medical anthropologist Christos Lynteris, and epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda provide insight into these intertwined events. Historians Nayan Shah, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Nancy Tomes add depth to the examination of an archive shaped by ongoing crises.

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