Mahershala Ali navigates faith, fatherhood and violence in his new thriller + Sally Rooney's UK book ban
Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Mahershala Ali navigates faith, fatherhood and violence in his new thriller + Sally Rooney's UK book ban

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202628 min
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Commotion guest host Radheyan Simonpillai is joined by culture critics Shamira Ibrahim and Rania El Mugammar to discuss the new Mahershala Ali-led film ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother’ and the conversations it has sparked about Black single-fatherhood, religion and violence. Plus, the Irish novelist Sally Rooney became famous for writing about millennial relationships. But even before she became a best-seller, she was an outspoken supporter of Palestine. Now, her books are set to disappear from UK shelves after she pledged to donate the proceeds from her book sales to a pro-Palestinian group, which the...

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This October celebrates spooky season with CBC podcasts. On Satanic Panic, hear how a tiny Saskatchewan town was engulfed by false accusations of ritual abuse. On The Devil You Know, listen as host Sarah Marshall traces the story of how that moral panic swept North America and embedded itself in pop culture. Or if you prefer some laughs with your

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This is a CBC Podcast. So Mahershala Ali is back with a new movie. It's called Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother. This is a pulpy assassin thriller that has since sparked conversations

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