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Toronto film festival gets political with ‘Jackie,’ ‘LBJ’ and ‘Barry’

by Michel COMTE TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — With global attention trained on the looming US election, the Toronto film festival looked back this week at American political figures Jacqueline Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and a young Barack Obama. Filmmakers are “looking backward to discover some of the lessons of the past that are relevant today,” said Piers Handling, co-director of North America’s largest film festival, often seen as a good predictor of the US Academy Awards. Natalie […]