Nickel Boys: Seeing through other eyes
“The one thing Nickel taught me was how not to die.” Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross, is...
Tag: racism
AFIFest: Meet the Barbarians – Who do we welcome?
A small French village is about to do a wonderful thing. But when it doesn’t turn out to be what...
A Town Called Victoria – Community of communities
In 2017, a mosque was destroyed by fire in the South Texas city of Victoria. It became a national...
AFIFest: Stamped from the Beginning
Roger Ross Williams opens (and will close) his adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi’s history of racist...
88: The Roots of Racism
88 tells the story of Femi Jackson (Brandon Victor Dixon), the financial director for a democratic...
Deconstructing Karen – A woke up call
?It?s white women?s niceness that is killing us all.? A group of women sit around a dining room...
The Legend of Molly Johnson – One woman’s struggle
How far will someone go to protect the ones they love? In Leah Purcell?s Australian Western, The...
The Walk – Desgregating the Deep North
School desegregation reached Boston in 1974. It turned into violent confrontations, especially in...
Memory House – The Weight of Oppression
In Memory House, Brazilian filmmaker Jo?o Paulo Miranda Maria shows us the way a history of...
Chauvin Verdict Reaction; Race & Policing
Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murdering George Floyd. In this episode of the Your Sunday Drive podcast, we talk about the trial, the verdict and the related issues: race, racism and justice in America; the influence of...
Ravi Zacharias Revisited; WandaVision; The Bachelor
The fallout continues after Ravi Zacharias’ sexual abuse is confirmed. In a new episode of...
Reporting from Slamdance – a few final films
A few more films as I wind down my coverage of Slamdance Film Festival. It has been a wonderful...
Native Son – 1951 Film Still Speaks
?Fear has haunted Thomas to the very end.? Richard Wright?s 1940 novel Native Son is one of the...