Spotlight (2015)
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MEDGAR & MYRLIE
I have just finished reading Joy-Ann Reid’s new book MEDGAR & MYRLIE: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America–and can highly recommend it. I had known of the martyred NAACP leader even before I joined the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project way back in 1964. The three films in which he is portrayed greatly enhanced my …
Theater Camp (2023)
When the head of an upper NY theater camp goes into a coma, the staff & students work hard on a musical play to save the camp.
Alex Wheatle (2020)
The true story of famous West Indian-Brit writer Alex Wheatle, from his abused childhood to his prison term where he became aware of his heritage.
The White Tiger (2020)
Horatio Alger would not approve of poor Balram’s means of rising from his low status as driver for a corrupt Indian family to wealthy entrepreneur.
A Thousand Cuts (2020)
The story of journalists, chief of whom is Maria Ressa, waging an uphill battle in the Philippines against Pres. Dutertes & his murderous “War on Drugs,” made very difficult by the government’s lies on social media about its critics being “Fake News.”
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
An eventful day in 1927 racist Chicago where Blues singer Ma Rainey records a song and faces off against her rebellious horn player & White producers.
By the Grace of God (2018)
The true story of how a group of tormented men in Lyons France struggled to bring the Catholic Church to justice over their abuse by priests when they were boys.
The Comey Rule (2020)
The story of FBI Director James Comey’s relationship to President Trump during the investigations into the Clinton emails & that of the Trump organizations ties with Russia.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN: A Great Loss for All Film Lovers
What a shock yesterday to learn of the death of actor Chad Boseman! I don’t recall seeing any account of his four-year struggle against colon cancer. True to his screen persona, the actor apparently preferred to wage his battle away from the public spotlight. But what a legacy he has left, one that we can …
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