Groomed: A National Scandal is harrowing and fraught with political complexity

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

Dame Helen Mirren on death, guns and Yellowstone: 1923’s fraught second season

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

‘There is much to be afraid of’: Carl Lumbly on the fraught politics of ‘Captain America’

“Captain America: Brave New World” puts Anthony Mackie‘s Sam Wilson at the center of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the first Black Captain America. Joining Mackie in his groundbreaking journey is Carl Lumbly, who made his own historic mark as a Black superhero three decades ago. Lumbly co-stars as Isaiah Bradley, a supersoldier who is … Read more

Oscar-nominated live-action shorts grapple with fraught sociopolitical issues

The five Oscar-nominated live-action short films each tackle urgent sociopolitical issues. By placing us in the shoes of people on the front lines of them — even in a sci-fi pseudo-comedy — they promise to shake viewers. ‘A link’ Sophie and Oscar have been together for years. They’re married, they have a young daughter. But … Read more