• Coming Attractions,  Documentary Film Review,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  TIFF 2021,  Toronto International Film Festival,  Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

    Stanley Nelson’s Attica Devastates and Shakes to the Core 50 Years Later

    “Dog Day Afternoon,”  based upon a real-life story in the early seventies where the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal…

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  • Coming Attractions,  Documentary Film Review,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    Nothing Compares to Sinéad O’Connor

    What intrigued me was the fact that not only was she a champion of women of women's rights, the artist was very outspoken about race schisms of Black people in…

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  • Coming Attractions,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    Licorice Pizza is Outrageously Crazy and Comedic

    Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza is a golden, shimmery, crazy coming of age flick that makes you long for 70's California and the free-spirited energy that came with it.  

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  • Coming Attractions,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    Injustice Looms Prevalent in The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

    The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain is a glaring, emotionally turbulent reminder of how lives have been snuffed and discarded like yesterday's trash.  Frankie Faison is unbelievable as Kenneth Chamberlain and…

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  • Coming Attractions,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    Triggering Tropes Explored with Haunting Thriller Master

    What is most jarring the the deep commentary spoken and unspoken on race relations and how undercover is has been for decades.  How some people say one thing and do…

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  • Coming Attractions,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    Keke Palmer Channels Her Inner Pam Greer for Alice

    There are so many more rich stories to tell about Black people that don't regale or romanticize slavery, the disrespect of Black women and their bodies or the need to…

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  • Coming Attractions,  Documentary Film Review,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    La Guerra Civil Is Honest and Heartfelt Tribute to Boxing Legends

    Director Eva Longoria Bastón’s high-energy documentary debut exudes authenticity and heart as it digs deep into the cultural significance of one of the biggest sports moments of the 1990s.  Much…

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  • Coming Attractions,  Documentary Film Review,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    W. Kamau Bell Asks Do We Need to Talk About Cosby…Hell Yeah!

    What you don't know is that at some point, he writes a children's book in which 'spanish fly' is mentioned more than 25 times. His album, 'Bill Cosby Talks to…

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  • Coming Attractions,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    Black Megachurches and Greed On Blast in Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul

    In addition to its mockumentary style, the Ebo twins succeed in shadily addressing a huge issue in the church regarding homosexuality and views on the LGBTQ community with giving the…

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  • Coming Attractions,  Documentary Film Review,  entertainment,  Film Festivals,  Film Reviews,  Sundance Film Festival

    Amy Poehler’s Lucy and Desi is Emotionally Charged Loving Tribute

    Did you ever notice there was NEVER major any attention given to the fact this was an interracial couple on American television during a time where it wasn't accepted by…

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