Tag: BLM
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“Selma” & “Just Mercy” are Streaming Free Until the End of June
Two movies that do a fantastic job in conveying the ongoing struggle for racial justice are Selma (2014) and Just Mercy (2019).
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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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“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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7 Movies About Police Brutality & Systemic Racism Directed by Black Filmmakers
Since George Floyd was murdered by police on May 25, 2020, we have seen protests erupt in all 50 states within the United States and 50 countries across the world on every continent except for Antarctica. The United States has sanctioned unchecked police brutality for far, far too long; a symptom of the systemic racism of…