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Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Glow in Passing
Growing up watching black and white films, I appreciate what Hall has accomplished with Passing. She literally allows the audience not be distracted by colors, costumes, yet takes the film…
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Siân Heder Stuns Directs Pitch Perfect Deaf Dramedy with CODA
Based on the award-winning French hit La famille belier, this film will send you through a rollercoaster of emotions. For me it was mostly the ugly cry ad the last time…
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Here We Go! Virtually Hitting the Slopes for Sundance Film Festival 2021
Normally, this time of the year I would be wrapped in my black parka, brand new snow boots, armed with cell phone, charger and laptop dripping with anticipation kicking off…
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August Wilson’s Work Takes Center Stage in Giving Voice
Tennesse Williams, Eugene O’Neill, Mark Twain, Terrance McNally, Arthur Miller are some of America’s most revered playwrights. We speak their name and discuss their work often, but why do we…
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Social Hair Norms Given Horror Spin in Justin Simien’s Bad Hair on Hulu
Bad Hair takes a look at the culture of hair and throws it out in the world for everyone to see and be better informed. Is this type of satire…
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Radha Blank Shares Her 40 year Old Version and It Is Right on Time
This amazingly gifted new cinematic voice shatters stereotypes with a story that point blank illustrates how long Black artists have been wearing masks out of fear, being fired or being…
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Richard Jenkins Leaves Americana Legacy to Youth in The Last Shift
Produced by Sony Pictures, The Last Shift provides a brilliant showcase for Richard Jenkins, waste some prime opportunities to allow McGhie shine to his full potential, but succeeds in the…
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Community Bonds and Stands as One While Rebuilding Paradise
Howard reveals unbelievable footage sharing the vantage point from a car full of occupants desperately trying to flee through raging flames looking like what any one of us would imagine…
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Kerry Washington Puts ACLU Center Stage in The Fight
Most importantly, the audience witnesses first hand what huge, vulnerable hearts these legal eagles possess under what the pressure of doggedly fighting against one of the worst administrations in American…
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AFI DOCS, Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Film Festival
AFI DOCS 2020: Algorhymic Racial Bias Put on Blast in Coded Bias
To date, over 117 million people in the United State have their face in a facial recognition network Currently there are nine companies (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Tencent,…
