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Just a quick update: There won't be as many reviews as usual in the coming week or so, but we've got an extensive Charlie Chaplin retrospective on the horizon, as well as reviews of the Fast and Furious franchise! Stay tuned!
I Am Not Your Negro (2017) Directed by : Raoul Peck Written by : Raoul Peck, based on James Baldwin's writings Starring : James Baldwin, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson Rating : 14A Release Date : February 24th, 2017 A protester exercises his free speech as a police officer looks on in a still from I Am Not Your Negro Image Source "The story of the negro in America is the story of... America," says James Baldwin, in an archived interview. When I Am Not Your Negro was released slowly throughout 2016 and to general audiences in 2017, James Baldwin had been dead for thirty years; he died of stomach cancer in 1987. Yet, the cancerous roots of racial hatred, slavery and institutional bias have only dug deeper and deeper into the heart of American society. A quick search on whatever search engine you use, reveals seemingly endless factsheets , articles , and staggering injustices like the fact "the vast majority of [U.S.] counties arrest blacks at a
Wonder Woman (2017) Directed by : Patty Jenkins Written by : Allen Heinberg, based on a story by Jason Fuchs, Allan Heinberg & Zack Snyder, based upon William Moulton Marston's comic Starring : Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen Rating : PG Release Date : June 2, 2017 Gal Gadot finds a target in Wonder Woman Image Source In a whirlwind year where fascism has seemed to once again rear it's ugly head, there's been a lot to be angry, frightened or simply stunned about. However, as with all things, there's always a silver lining. With the rise of xenophobia, sexism, racism and calls to violence in the United States, there's been a much larger resistance to it, with lawyers fleeing to help refugees, free of charge, at airports, protests in solidarity with black lives matter movements, and even pro-sports companies, (notoriously anti -political), standing out against hate. What a welcome surprise, then, that in a year of bip
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