Backs Against the Wall (2018)
The life of teacher/preacher Howard Thurman is explored, with emphasis upon his influence on MLK, Jr. & other Civil Rights activists.
Suburbicon (2017)
A satire about a white father’s adultery & murder of his wife plot that threatens the life of his son while the neighborhood protests against the black family just moved in next door.
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Billy Jean King leads a group of women tennis players seeking equal pay for women while also discovering her true gender preference in a world that denies both, culminating in the match with chauvinist Bobby Riggs.
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), A Guide
A true story of how blacks, against opposition, were able to train as airmen during WW 2, & then formed the Tuskegee Airmen who protected our bombers better than any other squadron.
Imagining Argentina (2003)
An Argentinian with clairvoyant powers seeks the whereabouts of his journalist wife & teen-aged daughter, “disappeared” by government agents in the mid-70s.
Five Good Films For MLK Holiday
Whether for personal or group viewing, below are some excellent films available in video that honor this great prophet for America. To read my reviews, click onto a title. THE LONG WALK HOME I start with this wonderful film because it is so little know, despite its two major stars, Whoopi Goldberg & Susie Spacek–and …
Loving (2016)
When Richard & Mildred Loving marry in Wash DC & try to live in VA., they are arrested, their case at last landing at the Supreme CT. The Court strikes down miscegenation laws everywhere.
Birth of a Nation (2016)
In 1831 the slave Nat Turner, who had learned to read & was farmed out by his master to preach a gospel of obedience to other slaves, leads a bloody revolt.
The Beatles:Eight Days a Week–The Touring Years (2016)
This Ron Howard documentary warms my heart. Click on the image to read my entire review.
Mr. Church (2016)
A black man serves as cook for a single mother & her young daughter, supposedly for 6 months the mother has to live, but after 6 years, he is still there, & even after the mother dies, he stays in touch with the daughter.