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Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham are the the protagonists of this documentary and the unlikely pairing of two remarkable men makes for an unforgettable viewing experience.

I no longer watch the main stream media and here in America it is a joke. The scenes of bulldozers destroying Palestinian homes somehow wind up on the cutting room floor.

It begins in 2017 and ends in 2023 at the start of the genocide, a word banned by the paper of record; the New York Times. They recently refused an advertisement by the Quakers using that appropriate word.

Yuval Abraham is a brave and honest journalist who reminds me of Max Blumenthal, the founder and editor of the Grayzone. Both men are modern day muckrakers.

The film is having great difficulty in finding a distributor but has been nominated for an Oscar. I pray that it will win.

Jamie Foxx suffered a stroke and spent twenty days in a coma. His recovery is miraculous and the story of how he learned to walk again is amazing. He mixes heartfelt emotion with humor and dead on impressions of Mike Tyson, Ray Charles, Denzel Washington, and of all people, Donald Trump. His mimicking style is as good as it gets.

He points out that a sense of humor is what kept him alive while bewildering the hospital staff with inappropriate comments during rehabilitation. His teenage daughter played guitar in his hospital room and he credits her with his recovery and she makes an appearance during the special.

Foxx is a major talent and concert is a good one.

I binge watched the original series in three to four hour sessions and I believe that the first two seasons were as well written as anything in recent times. The theme was dark with and Dexter was a man on a mission to right what was wrong.

I was disappointed with the final episode and the sequel was just terrible, with silly plot twists and the addition of a true crime podcaster who annoyed the hell out of me. It also had a ridiculous ending.

This time around, Hall is the narrator and we see more of his early formation as a serial killer. He is a brilliant premed student who does not fit in with his peers. His father guides him in the practical use of his inner demons.

The first half did not work for me but the second half more than made up for it. I will continue to watch with high expectations.

Here is my update after watching the final episode. Forget it. The storylines just got worse and worse and the Deb character is beyond annoying. This prequel is nowhere near as good as the original series.