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Da 5 Bloods is Powerful Exploration of PTSD and Vietnam from Black Male POV
When you see the late Muhammad Ali stating during a press conference' why he refused to serve in the war, "...my conscious won't let me shoot my brother," you immediately…
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Spike Lee Joint See You Yesterday Takes Us Back To The Future
Back to the Future is one of my all time favorite films!! I mean how can you go wrong with Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox? Which begs the question...if…
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The Favourite Dominates BAFTA Nominations
The BAFTA nominations were just dropped along with some surprise bombs including the one and only nomination for Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS for Viola Davis. Another surprise is that not one…
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Regina King, Billy Porter Nominated for Golden Globes
Diversity were not at its best when the 2018 Golden Globe noms were announced. It was business as usual with the same old suspects.
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Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Hits a Nerve and Spotlights Racism
The Civil Rights movement is known for struggle, protesting, Angela Davis, great soul music and the ongoing underground existence of the Klu Klux Klan. As a college student in Columbia,…
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SUNDANCE 2016: MICHAEL JACKSON: JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL
Michael Jackson IS and will ALWAYS be the undisputed “King of Pop”. However, before the titles, the allegations, courtroom shananigans and NEVERLAND…the world fell in love with the cute…
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SUNDANCE 2016: Miles, Michael and an Underground Birth of A Nation
Another Sundance Film Festival has come and gone and leaves a lot to look forward to in 2016. The documentaries ranged from Life, Animated to Norman Lear to an emotional…
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Review: The Girl is In Trouble
The idea for THE GIRL IS IN TROUBLE emerged at New York University’s Graduate Film Program, where Julius Onah teamed with Mayuran Tiruchelvam to co-write the script and fellow NYU…
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Los Angeles Film Festival: Evolution of a Criminal
There were soooo many films to choose from, but they ones that intrigued me the most just happened to center around imprisonment and the price that is paid for those…
