Spirit Untamed (2021)
A spirited girl rejoins her father in the West , connects with a stallion equally spirited & sets off with 3 friends to save the horse.
Blue Miracle (2021)
In a fishing competition a has-been boat captain teams with the head of an orphanage & several boys to win the prize that will save them all.
The Underground Railroad (2021)
Set in an imaginary South where the Underground Railroad sends real trains through tunnels, this is the story of Cora who boards it in Georgia in her quest for freedom.
Boogie (2021)
A Chinese-American boy with NBA dreams has trouble finding a college that includes tuition included with offer of playing on team, as well as conflict with parents.
New Orleans (1947)
A racist film, typical of its time, wherein Blacks play subservient roles, but redeemed by the music of Louis Armstrong & Billy Holiday (her only feature film!).
Residue (2019)
Jay is distrusted by old friends when he returns from LA to make a film about the neighborhood, which is undergoing Gentifrication.
Dangerous Lies (2020)
A financially-strapped couple come by a windfall when the caretaker wife’s elderly boss dies & unexpectedly leaves his estate to her–but this leads to drastic unintended consequences.
BEGIN AGAIN: A Book Review
If you are an admirer of James Baldwin, you will surely want to read Eddie S. Gaude Jr.’s book BEGIN AGAIN. In its 238 pages (including a subject index) the frequent MSNBC guest gives us a grand tour of the life and writings of this fiery Black prophet. It does more than confirms what, we …
See You Yesterday (2019)
This sci-fi film in which 2 teenagers of color try to change a tragedy by inventing time machines & traveling back a day is set amidst the Black Lives Matter protests.
Atlantics (2019)
In Senegal a young Muslim girl pledged to a wealthy man loves a worker being cheated of his wages, and when he dies at sea but returns as a ghost, she & the other girls take up the cause of unpaid wages.