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‘The Uprising’ Review: Paul Greengrass’s Historical Drama Is Really About the Present

September 9
‘The Uprising’ Review: Paul Greengrass’s Historical Drama Is Really About the Present

From the start of The Uprising , Paul Greengrass draws many unsubtle parallels between the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt in England and the global populist wave of the 2020s.

Historical & period
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