A Common Sequence
5.8
2023
1 hr 18 min
Documentary
An interconnected look at tradition, colonialism, property, faith, and science, as seen through labor practices that link an endangered salamander, mass-produced apples, and the evolving fields of genomics and machine learning.
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the audience applauded
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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
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