Tag: Black History Month
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A Good Burger Comes with Fries and a Shake
For viewers who love eating burgers, shakes and fries on the go along with a tasty side of nostalgia.
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All Hail The Queen of Basketball, May She Reign in Peace…and Win An Oscar
In less than 30 minutes, Proudfoot guides the viewer through a narrative that touches on American history, mind-health issues, race, and gender politics
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“Moonlight” is One of the Most Beautiful Black Pride Movies Out There
Moonlight is a film that will certainly be remembered for how it won Best Picture, but the movie itself should be known for its excellent representation of one of the most underrepresented groups in film: Black, gay men.
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Fear Street: Part One – 1994
I believe in homages, but there’s a proper way to borrow a creative idea instead of making it appear as if you hit the copy and paste button. Most likely, anyone is better off simply reading the books. Or just put on Scream.
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‘Monster’: Young, Black, and On Trial Means Guilty in Most Cases
Monster’s plot is built around Steve Harmon’s false accessory to felony murder accusation, and the anxiety and desperation experienced by him during incarceration and the corresponding trial.
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Stop Whatever You’re Doing and Go Watch ‘Two Distant Strangers’
Two Distant Strangers (2020) centers around Carter James (Joey Bada$$) as he tries to get back home to his pitbull, Jeter, after spending a night at the apartment of his date Perri (Zaria Simone). What gets in the way of Carter reuniting with his dog is that every time he tries to leave Perri’s apartment, he…
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s Harriet!
Harriet is a tribute to an American legend, and the reverence for Harriet Tubman is obvious in this film. As many reviews have mentioned, this is not a slavery story, it is a freedom story. The viewers only see Harriet as a slave for the first few minutes of the film. To me, it felt…
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“The Hate U Give” Film Review
Based on the best-selling novel by Angie Thomas, the title of both the film and novel finds it’s roots in late recording artist, Tupac Shakur. According to Shakur, THUG LIFE was actually an acronym standing for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone’. Starr Carter (played by Amandla Stenberg of “The Hunger Games”) has…
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10 Black Supporting Characters Who Need a Spinoff
Storm (X-Men Franchise) Having to juggle multiple characters, the minds behind the X-Men film series seemed to consistently fail to give the Storm the attention she deserved as a character. Between casting two light-skinned actresses to play the famously dark-skinned heroine, downplaying her weather manipulation abilities, and skipping over her regal backstory, neither incarnation of…
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Celebrating Black History Month In Film!
At Incluvie, we love celebrating diversity in film. With 2020’s Black History Month coming to a close, we thought it’d be a great time to cap off the month with a celebration of black cinema! We put together this montage to remember and honor some of the most moving, inspirational, and memorable black characters, creators,…