AFI DOCS: Malaysian Filmmakers Spotlight St. Louis Superman Bruce Franks
Two major events happened on August 9th. Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson and the son of Bruce Franks, Jr. (King) was born. Activist. Father. Rapper. On Election Day,…
Chrissy Metz is a Mom Whose Faith Always Results in a Breakthrough
Breakthrough illustrates what we already know about the indestructible love of a mother. After all as one of the characters says to John, "Yesterday is not our to recover, but…
WHOSE STREETS Review by The Curvy Film Critic
Whose Streets review by The Curvy Film Critic Having grown up in St. Louis most of my life, it was no shock for me to hear about Mike Brown being…
Tribeca Film Festival 2017 – For Ahkeem
I am a native of St. Louis, Missouri. The city I grew up in you could leave your car unlocked. You could leave your front door open. The whole neighborhood…
2015 Los Angeles Film Festival Review: Mekko
Almost every African-American person you meet will claim to have some “indian” in their ancestral blood line. My situation is no different and my actual bloodline includes Cherokee (Oklahoma and…
RIP MAYA ANGELOU
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song” Maya Angelou Being a girl from St. Louis, one of the first things I…
