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...cinema. Here, Old Hamlet (Sam Shepard) has died and his brother Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan) has assumed the reins of power in more ways than one. Along with taking over his company, Claudius has married Old Hamlet's wife, Gertrude (Diane Venora), which understandably angers her son, Hamlet (Ethan Hawke). Torn between concerns for his mother and spurred by a visit from his father's ghost, our protagonist seeks to uncover the truth of his father's death by feigning madness. Couple Hamlet's anxiety to a tortuous romance with Ophelia (Julia Stiles) and meddling from her father (Bill Murray...
...Sierra Leone, the situation is getting worse. A country torn and ravaged by a nine-year civil war, Sierra Leone continues to be a quagmire of international peacekeeping. Fighting and human rights abuses abound, and the United Nation's effort to maintain peace has been largely unsuccessful due primarily to a lack of commitment from the West to support U.N. forces...
...protagonist, Anil Tissera, is a forensic anthropologist, returning to the war-torn country of her birth to work on behalf of a human rights center to find out who is behind the mysterious killings on the island. Her partner in the project is Sarath Diyasena, a local official whose loyalties are suspect...
...heart-wrenching performance of the secret love between Troilus and Cressida (Jamie Smith '02) is also quite skillfully performed. One can almost feel the tense emotion between the two torn lovers who are forced to separate as they bid adeiu with a sweet, gentle farewell kiss...
...wrote in his award application that he feels a special connection with children from war-torn regions because of his family background. Garland's mother grew up on the Thai border during the conflicts in Southeast Asia...