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This time in Part 8 of my Journal I start by mentioning our failure to draw students for a Freedom School–not everthing was successful– and then move on to describe our meeting with the most striking person that I have ever met, Fanny Lou Hamer. It was at a Freedom Rally in Cleveland, the county …
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A boy from the lower class & an upper class girl fall in love on the ill-fated maiden cruise of the Titanic.
The sad story of how the FBI used a Black thief to get close to & set up Black Panther leader Fred Hampton for assassination in Chicago.
The greatness of Dolly Parton as a songwriter is affirmed by numerous stars and experts in this look at her life and career.
Horatio Alger would not approve of poor Balram’s means of rising from his low status as driver for a corrupt Indian family to wealthy entrepreneur.
The true story of a father and his young son coping with homelessness & a demanding job internship in San Francisco where a church provides shelter–sometimes.
The wrenching story of a mother ditched by her husband ,evicted, & when facing illness and job loss has to decide what to do with the girl.
Don’t confuse this with the Victor Hugo plot. This is a French film about present-day oppressed minorities. Click the title to read my entire review.
The impoverished Kim family trick the wealthy Park family to replace their present staff with themselves, with disastrous results.
A troubled Spanish film director reconciles with an actor & reflects on his deceased mother as he deals with health so he can return to film making.