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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

‘Sound of Metal’ enlists deaf community to tell story of hearing loss

Critics review “Sound of Metal,” about a heavy-metal drummer who loses his hearing; “The Last Vermeer,” about a soldier who looks into a famous Dutch artist accused of conspiring with Nazis; “The Lego Star Wars Holiday” special on Disney+; and…

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By Madeleine Brand • Nov 20, 2020 • 14m Listen

Critics review “Sound of Metal,” about a heavy-metal drummer who loses his hearing; “The Last Vermeer,” about a soldier who looks into a famous Dutch artist accused of conspiring with Nazis; “The Lego Star Wars Holiday” special on Disney+; and “Small Axe,” a series of five films by Steve McQueen that look at London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s, when discrimination is widespread.

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