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The Messenger documentary film is revealing a fascinating story of mRNA technology applied in the recent Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer/ BioNTech and Moderna. Unaware of the upcoming pandemic 2020, researchers were initally looking for the best gene therapy methods to fight cancer, AIDS and other deadly diseases.
Serife Tavsan, a woman in her seventies, has always lived for her family in a quiet Turkish suburb. After her sudden husband’s death, she finds herself alone for the first time. Her worried children send her aimless grandson, Onur, to live with her. As Serife begins to savor her newfound freedom—befriending a young rebellious waitress and an eccentric tour guide —her children grow increasingly alarmed.
An expatriate in Turkey, Claire pays the services of a smuggler to flee the country with her only daughter, whose custody she has just lost. But he abandons them in a dilapidated house in the middle of the forest.
Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of cultural collaboration between two nations. Yet the film never found a mass audience, languishing for decades until its reintroduction as a "classic" in the 1990s. Vicente Ferraz explores the strange history of this cinematic tour de force, and the deeper meaning for those who participated in its creation.
