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Black Cowboys Light a Fire On the Hill | Los Angeles Film Festival 2018
As it's stated in the opening sequence while watching a black cowboy ride his horse through he urban jungle of South Central, "...It's not a white or black thing. It's…
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There’s Nothing Like Tea With Dames |LA Film Festival 2018
When I first moved to Los Angeles, finding friends in the acting community who are loyal are far, few and in-between. Luckily, I found a tribe of women who…
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Age Only a Number for Robert Redford in The Old Man and The Gun | TIFF 18
Are you familiar with the name Doris Marie Payne? If not, let me enlighten you. She is an elderly African-American woman who is a world-renowned jewel thief. Beautiful and from…
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Assasination Nation Gives Revolution a Whole New Face
When I heard the lead character in a voice over state, “…this is the story of how my town Salem lost its m$%f**&n mind,” I knew I was in…
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Fiery Redhead Wins Hearts in Float Like a Butterfly | TIFF 18
Since the beginning of time, women have been viewed and treated like second class citizens. We are not encouraged to become educated or have aspirations beyond cooking, cleaning and…
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White Boy Rick is Same Old Story with Real Life Twist
What would you say if I told you a 15-year-old boy from Detroit sold drug for the federal government and lived to tell the tale? You would say it…
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Lizzie Spins Murder Into Love Story of Lesbian Broken Souls
How many times have you heard this…”Lizzie Borden took an axe – gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one? ”…
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TIFF 18: Amanda Sternberg Spectacular Rising Star in The Hate U Give
How many of us have that one white friend that doesn’t think they’re racist because they have black friends, listen to rap music or are related in some way…
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The Happytime Murders is No Sesame and All Street
Puppets and I have a very sordid history between being in The Lion King and Avenue Q, one could say I literally can’t escape them…not even as a film critic.…
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Operation Finale Bursts Open True Story of Nazi Solider
Otto Adolf Eichmann was a German Nazi and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust alongside Adolf Hitler. When some Israeli agents discover that Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) has been…
