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Rated R. Our ratings: V- 3; L- 4; S/N-5. Running time: 1 hour 41 minutes Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-1 ;L- 2; S/N-2 . Running time: 1 hour 52 min. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. Job 10:2 Last Holiday Before she can really begin to live Queen Latifah’s Georgia Byrd learns that she is going to die, “in …
Rated R Our content rating: V-5; L-3; S/N-2. The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him; but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who …
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.
I was humbled and blessed by publisher David Crumm’s tribute to me this past week. He has such a distinguished career in journalism that such praise coming from him is especially appreciated. Since its founding in 1990 Visual Parables never has grown to become a major journal, but it has drawn a small group of …
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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The story behind the 1963 March on Washington is well-told, including the frank depiction of the genius leading its planning, Bayard Rustin.
A French couple try to evict the man who bought their basement when he moves in & is discovered to be a Neo-Nazi influencing their daughter.
The true story of how the Argentine prosecutor formed a youthful team that successfully brought to justice the Juntas that killed 30K citizens.
Though Amsterdam is a romantic comedy-thriller set in the 30s, it deals with racism & fascism, making it very relevant to today’s fascists movement.