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John Sayles Discusses Book, A Moment in the Sun, and Film, Amigo on Democracy Now! Part 1 of 2
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Democracy Now! interviews legendary independent filmmaker and author, John Sayles, about his new novel, "A Moment in the Sun. His newest film, "Amigo," which opens in August, is set in the Philippines during the U.S. occupation. "A Moment in the Sun" is a sprawling work which takes the turn of the 20th Century in its sights—from a white-racist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, to the first stirrings of the motion-picture industry, to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism in Cuba and the Philippines. Over the past three decades, Sayles has directed 17 feature films, including The Return of the Seacaucus Seven, Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out. He has often used his films to tackle pressing political issues, as well as themes of of race, class, labor and sexuality.
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