Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022)
The triumph over Jim Crow of singer Marian Anderson is beautifully told in picture & song in this inspiring documentary.
Where Hands Touch (2018)
An Afro-German girl in Nazi Germany facing scorn, yet loved by a Hitler Youth, is sent to a labor camp after protective her mother is arrested.
Nomadland (2020)
A widow takes to the road in a converted van and befriend various fellow nomads while supporting herself at seasonal jobs.
Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 6
Our new week of Lenten reflections on faith and film is ready now. Click on the title of this week’s collection to read all seven reflections.
Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 2
LENTEN REFLECTIONS (WEEK 2) offers seven faith-and-film ideas, including Babe, Grand Canyon and Quiz Show. Click the title here to read my entire column for Week 2.
Victoria and Abdul (2017)
A lowly Indian clerk, chosen to present a special coin to Queen Victoria, catches her eye & becomes her confidant & teacher, despite the jealousy of her court.
La La Land (2016)
In this ironically titled musical an aspiring actress & a would-be jazz pianist meet in Hollywood, fall in love, but find that success brings unexpected results–for themselves & for the audience.
Love & Friendship (2016)
Widowed Lady Susan visits her in-laws in pursuit of a rich husband, & finds her plans complicated when her daughter runs away from school & becomes a rival.
Grand Canyon (1991)
10 Los Angelese, white & black, struggle with the sense that the nation is sick and their lives are going nowhere, & then a white & a black become friends.
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
An elderly black priest in S.A. during the apartheid era searches for his lost son in Johannesburg whom he fears has fallen into a life of crime & is soon linked to a white father whose son has been killed during a beak-in.