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Why the changing representation of dwarfism in Disney's live action Snow White remake is so important

Phys.org 

The upcoming release of Disney's live action remake of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," currently scheduled for March 2025, has been surrounded by controversy—so much so that the film's trailer has received over 1 million dislikes on YouTube. In particular, many fans have taken umbrage with the fact that computer-generated imagery (CGI) will be used for the characters of the seven dwarfs, now renamed the "miners," rather than having them played by dwarf actors.

'Megalopolis' flops, 'Wild Robot' soars at box office

The Independent 

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office

UN: Tougher measures needed to stem gang violence in Haiti

Voice of America 

Geneva — Tougher measures are needed to stem the gang violence in Haiti that has brought the economy and government of the Caribbean nation to its knees by spreading fear and subjugating the population through killings, lootings, exploitation and brutal abuse, according to a report by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Latest figures documented by the OHCHR show that more than 3,660 people have been killed since January. “No more lives should be lost to this senseless criminality,” Volker Türk... Читать дальше...