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Like most of my generation, I loved Joan Baez, her clear soprano voice uniting us as we listened to her at civil rights events or played her records alone in our rooms at night sometimes so drawn in that we sang along. She seemed so sure and certain on a stage before thousands of fans, …
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 hated teacher, a student rebel, & the school cook grieving the loss of her son in Vietnam are stuck on campus during Christmas break.
A thief comes to a Moroccon hill where he buried money but now there now is a shrine where a guard & pilgrims spoil his plan to dig it up.
The amazing story of Stan Brock & his Remote Area Medical that has brought medical care to thousands of needy people in the US & overseas.
This animated film about Lonardo da Vinci focuses upon the last few years of his life when King Francis I became his patron.
All records have been lost about how or why the Silo was created, but all believe that the outside is a waste, & woe be to he who questions this.
Limited TV Series This 10-episode series about an abused wife and mother has more heart and insights than a hundred super hero epics. The series is based on the memoir by Stephanie Land Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. It’s themes of motherhood, mother-daughter-love, spouse abuse, homelessness, and the hard lot …
A beloved book about a young girl’s puberty & confusion of faith in an interfaith marriage is faithfully transferred to the screen.