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Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Tribeca Film Festival
The Lorraine Represents American History, Legacy and the Future
The Lorraine is a perfect example of how if history is not taught, if history is not shared, then the legacy of Dr. King and the civil rights movement itself…
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Oppenheimer Explores Consequences of Choice Through Science
Oppenheimer is hands down Nolan's best cinematic masterpiece that will be dissected and discussed for decades. Clocking in at three hour, there is plenty of footage that could have been…
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Nicole Kidman IS Lucille Ball in Being The Ricardos
We learn about one of the first women showrunners in an industry that once again did not embrace women in charge. In addition, this industry doesn't give this couple nearly…
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Alzheimer Patient Given Dignity via Lou Gossett, Jr. in The Cuban
It's alot to unpack, but you don't mind all the pieces of luggage presented before you with a soundtrack as lively and interesting as the characters inhabiting this story. Then…
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Politics, Civil Justice and the Law in Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sasha Baron Cohen breaks out of any stereotypical ideology that proceeds him in the role of Abbie Hoffman. His comedic sensibility serve him well in reenacting Hoffman's courtroom antics and…
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Are Law Enforcement in American Monsters and Men ?| TIFF 18
Over the last few years, America has literally witnessed hundreds of people of color perish at the hands of law enforcement. What most fail to remember is that when the…
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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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HIRED GUN: Out of the Shadows – Into The Spotlight
A few years back, the Morgan Neville directed documentary 20 Feet From Stardom won an Academy Award and single-handed lay revived the careers of R&B legends Darlene Love and Merry…
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Happy Birthday Dr. King!
As a young high school student in St. Louis, Missouri, I encouraged my classmates to protest our school not recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday as a National Holiday.…
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Animated Features, Award Shows, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Oscars
The Curvy Critic’s Best of 2016 – Flicks, Docs and Animated
Wow…I don’t know about you, but this year literally didn’t pick up film wise for me until a few months ago. Hidden Figures and Loving taught us several history lessons…
