The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley | SXSW ’19
When this doc opens with the question being posed to Theranos CEO – Elizabeth Homes, “Can you tell us a secret?” and she replies famous last words, “I don’t…
Real, Raw, Rapid Fire = I Am Richard Pryor | SXSW ’19
Before Dave Chapelle walked off The Chapelle Show, Richard Pryor walked offstage in Vegas because he grew weary of doing “white bread comedy.” Pryor’s comedy and his delivery would never…
The Magic and Urban Legend of Air Jordans revisited with Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Sneakerhead culture is real. Just ask Spike Lee, as he sported custom gold Jordans while nabbing the Academy Award for BlackKklansman this past weekend. All over the world sneaker…
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists Journalist to Their Core
There are many things I remember about riding the subway in New York City. The rats running across the platforms late at night, that putrid smell of urine…
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Sundance ’19: Lorena on Amazon Prime Sheds New Light on Historic Case
There is not a man alive who is not at least a little familiar with the Lorena Bobbit case. For them, it is literally their worst nightmare. Which is exactly…
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Sundance ‘19: Toni Morrison Doc Insightful and Inspiring
Howard University was my introduction to a few things. Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded on that campus and Toni Morrison (a fellow Bison) would become my literary guru. Toni’s writing’s…
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Sundance ’19: Leaving Neverland Unearths MJ Sexual Allegations
Finding Neverland is painful to watch for a variety of reasons and there are some out there who for yet another ride around the tabloid merry-go-round will find this entertaining…
Blowin’ Up Doc Lifts Lid on Immigration and US Court System
While acting in a musical on Broadway in which the centerpiece topic centered around women in “the life”, I took it upon myself to do a little research. In addition…
On Her Shoulders Spotlights Human Trafficking Through Nobel Prize Winner
There are 7.5 billion human beings and one billion of them are Yazidi refugees. These families are being spilt up in the exact same manner with which slaves were separated,…
Quincy Jones is a National Treasure | Tiff 18
Everyone has a purpose and reason on this earth. Quincy Jones should know. This national treasure has escaped the clutches of death in the form of brain aneurism’s and yet…
