A survey of the life of Black anthropologist,novelist, & filmmaker Zora Neale Hurston, a leading writer of the Harlem Renaissance, considered by some to be one of the most important women of the 20th century.
SOME FURTHER THEOLOGICAL RUMINATIONS ON FOUR 1997 FILMS (Including ROSEWOOD)
(The four films reviewed in the April 1997 issue are Secrets & Lies; Marvin’s Room; Sling Blade; and Rosewood.) “It isn’t good for the man to live alone,” the author of the second Genesis creation story has God declare. And so he relates the story of the creation of the woman, the two forming a …
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Rosewood (1997)
This harrowing true story based on a racist massacre of Blacks manages to inspire hope due to the efforts of a few courageous Blacks, and even some whites, to help victims.
Don’t Make Me Go (2022)
Max does not tell his daughter Wanda that he is dying or that the purpose of their road trip is to find the mother who abandoned them long ago.
Queen & Slim (2019)
The story of an unlikely black couple who, in flight from a cop killing, journey through the South where both blacks & whites consider them folk heroes.
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
own Syndrome Zak runs away to enroll in a wrestling school & is aided by a man fleeing 2 angry men & is even joined by his carefiver dispatched to return him.
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.
Annihilation (2018)
An all female team of soldiers is sent into a Florida wilderness area to discover the cause of the strange & deadly infection.
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Fans of Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland? Click the image to read my entire review.
The Florida Project (2017)
6-year-old Moonee & her playmates get into trouble during their unsupervised play at their motel near Disney World, the authorities stepping in at the end.