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Ukrainian filmmaker Larisa Shepitko only made four films before her untimely death in 1979 at the age of 41 in an auto accident while working on what would have been her fifth. Yet had she made only this one, a war film with religious allegory at its heart, this would still ensure her place among …
Many angry citizens, who are upset over seemingly intractable political disputes, have talked about civil war breaking out in our nation, would do well to watch writer/director Alex Garland’s Civil War. It is a cautionary film, told through the eyes of four journalists, and it is not an uplifting story. One of its lessons is …
In this 8-part series the parallel lives of Malcolm X & MLK, Jr. unfold, from their boyhood to their maturity as each fights racism in their own way.
A funny & yet serious remake of the Christ Story, Blacks portraying Jews & whites the oppressive Romans, thus tying the story to racism.
An inspiring true story about 3 brave women spies who radioed valuable info to the Allies from France during the Nazi occupation in WW 2.
Songs add to the feelings & actions of the characters in Alice Walker’s musical version of the classic tale of sisterhood.
True story of a brave Catholic social worker who poses as a nurse in order to smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
A human raised at the North Pole by an elf learns he is a man, & so sets off for NYC to find his father. Runs into a series of surprises.
Bayard Rustin was a genius at organizing mass events, but few Americans know anything about him–and this is just what the makers of the new Netflix film RUSTIN hope to correct. For details of his exciting story, I refer you to my review, found elsewhere on this site. What I want to address here is …
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A hated teacher, a student rebel, & the school cook grieving the loss of her son in Vietnam are stuck on campus during Christmas break.