In 1958, two people got married. Quite a few people did, but these two set into motion a chain of events that led to one of the great civil rights Supreme Court cases of the 1960s. Richard Loving was White, and Mildred Jeter was Black, and they lived in Virginia, where interracial marriage was not legal. Loving was released in theaters in November, and is now on most of your favorite streaming platforms. Ruth Negga, … Continue reading Movie Review: Loving →
Once upon a time, a little boy fell asleep on a train and woke up thousands of miles from home. This is the story of Saroo Brierley, an Australian who, when he was a five year old in India, got separated from his family and after many twists and turns was adopted by a family in Australia. Once he grew up, he used Google Earth to find out where he was from. It’s a heart-tugging … Continue reading Movie Review: Lion →
If you love old Hollywood musicals, or traditional jazz, or both, you are the intended audience of La La Land, a love letter Old Hollywood musicals, jazz, and a retro-postcard version of Los Angeles (not the real version of LA, because that doesn’t come in primary colors). It’s the story of Mia (Emma Stone), a struggling actress trying to get her big break, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a struggling jazz pianist trying to single-handedly save … Continue reading Movie Review: La La Land →
Oh, trust me, we weren’t gonna let this movie go by without telling you ALL ABOUT IT. This is based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly (as reviewed by Carrie here) about three Black women who helped shaped the space program: Katherine Johnson, a mathematical genius who figured out how to get John Glenn back out of space; Mary Jackson, the first Black female engineer at NASA; and Dorothy Vaughn, the first Black female … Continue reading Movie Review: Hidden Figures →
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: IT IS AWARDS SEASON Y’ALL. And the movies that get released in the next month are the Oscar hopefuls, some of which are gonna be great and some of which are gonna be, “Well, you tried.” This season, there’s a bunch of Black stories that I’m looking forward to, and one of these is Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s play (with a screenplay also written by … Continue reading Movie Review: Fences →
