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Showing posts with label 28DaysofBlack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 28DaysofBlack. Show all posts
Sunday, February 28, 2021

A Negromancer February 2021 is #28DaysofBlack

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UPDATE:  So that's it.  The inaugural edition of #28DaysofBlack is over.  See you for #NegromancerBlackSummer May 31, 2021. Welcome to F...
Friday, February 26, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "LITTLE WOODS" Introduces an Up and Coming Director

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[The independent film, the crime drama and quasi-modern Western, “Little Woods,” made noise at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2018.  It ...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "HARRIET" and Cynthia Erivo Are Magnificent

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[A powerful historical Black woman deserves to have her story told powerfully.  Harriet Tubman, the face of the Underground Railroad, gets t...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET" Still Out of This World

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[Outside of television, no white filmmaker has presented the depth, diversity, and scope of African-American characters on the big screen to...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "LILIES OF THE FIELD" Feels Timeless and Spiritual

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[For his performance in Lilies of the Field, Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win the “Best Actor” Oscar.  Poitier received his ...
Monday, February 22, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "A WRINKLE IN TIME" is Wonderfully Weird

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  [I imagine that The Walt Disney Company had to make “A Wrinkle in Time” an accounting write-off.  The film under-performed at the box offi...
Friday, February 19, 2021

#28DaysofBlack: "DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE" Chronicles Ongoing Rape of Africa's Natural Resources

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[The continent of Africa – and yes, it is a continent – has seen a large amount of its natural resources exploited by Western Europe and the...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA" is Still Crazy Funny

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[What can I say?  I'm Gonna Git You Sucka remains one of the funniest films that I have ever seen.  And I wish Keenen Ivory Wayans and h...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE" Still Has Something to Say

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[Upon its release, Hollywood Shuffle felt like something that needed to be said.  It was time to say enough to the way Black people were por...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: Heroes Abound in "MARSHALL"

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[The year after he first played Marvel Comics superhero, Black Panther, the late Chadwick Boseman played real-life hero, Supreme Court Justi...
Monday, February 15, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: GET ON UP

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[The late Chadwick Boseman portrayed four African-American historical figures, three of them as the lead actor.  His performance as James Br...
Friday, February 12, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: "A Madea Family Funeral"

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[I could not imagine committing to a focus on black films and not offer at least one film from media mogul, Tyler Perry.  Within a decade, P...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

#28DaysofBlack Review: Denzel and Viola Tear it Up in "FENCES"

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[Over a decade after his death, August Wilson's acclaimed stage play, Fences, finally made it to the big screen, three decades after wor...