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Featured Friday: Social Realism

January 17, 2025 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at how filmmakers use hyper-realistic depictions of contemporary issues to critique the power structures that govern our everyday lives.

Our collection includes:

  • Another Year by Mike Leigh
  • Hard Truths by Mike Leigh
  • Icebox by Daniel Sawka
  • Leave No Trace by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
  • Nebraska by Robert W. Nelson
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
  • Nomadland by Chloé Zhao
  • Pariah by Dee Rees
  • Precious by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
  • Roma by Alfonso Cuarón
  • Short Term 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton
  • Tangerine by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
  • The Florida Project by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
  • The Rider by Chloé Zhao
  • The Wrestler by Rob Siegel
  • Winter’s Bone by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

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