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Jeffrey Wright Shatters Stereotypes in Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction
Jeffrey Wright straddles the lines of comedy and drama as the glue literally holding everyone together as a lonely genius who can't seem to figure out how to connect with…
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AFI Film Festival, Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews
Tyler Perry’s Destiny and Dreams are Woven by Being Maxine’s Baby
Bekele and Ortiz don't shy away from personal moments revealing emotional and physically challenging wounds from an abusive father, breaking that cycle with his own son, while coming to the…
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AFI Film Festival, Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews
Roger Ross Williams Eloquently Reveals We Are Stamped From The Beginning
In 1860, Mississippi Senate Davis on the floor of the United States Senate opposed a bill funding education for Black people. To justify this, Davis crafted a made up fairytale…
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Bobi Wine: The People’s President Against All Odds and Regimes
Bobi Wine: The People's President not only documents a rising leader and struggles to rise above the political noise in Uganda, but focuses on a family and wife who maintain…
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Nyad Proves One is Never Too Old To Chase a Dream
After 52 hours, 200,000 strokes, five attempts and 35 years, Diana Nyad showed the world a life well lived like a diamond which is just a lump of coal that…
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Killers of the Flower Moon Proves Tulsa Wasn’t the Only Racial Atrocity
Scorsese once again beautifully captures the story with images carefully crafted and captured by his long time editor Thelma Schoonmaker and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. Clocking in at 206 minutes (three…
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The Mission Chronicle’s One’s Mans Blind Ambition in the Name of God
Told with much beauty ans sensitivity, directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss take the audience on John's life journey and ambition which lead to his demise from his own words…
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Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones Pair Up for Inspired True Story – The Burial
Director/writer Maggie Betts screenplay and direction never once tries to resolve or absolve the racism, but rather addresses it head on while making the audience lie in that truth as…
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Katilyn Dever Thrives and Survives in No One Will Save You
Alien films are not unusual, as seen by the likes of now classic films like "E.T.," "Alien Invasion" and, of course, "Alien." However, just like in the blockbuster take on…
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Ancestry Prevails Over Greed, Money and Power in Silver Dollar Road
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), who is not one to shy away from the atrocities experienced by people of color whether it's James Baldwin…
