Tag: Controversy
Middleburg Film Festival: Jojo Rabbit Successfully Mixes Humor and Frankness to Promote Compassion
What is the best way to combat hatred? Do you meet force with force or can evil only be defeated by its opposite? Satire has been used to great effect in the past to highlight the danger of…
Read More »Hustlers is a Great Film Powered by its Divine Feminine Touch
We live in times that are morally challenging and where the line between right and wrong can feel nonexistent. As many fight to change the current order, others feel more pessimistic; the system can’t be changed, in order…
Read More »In Thoroughly Examining Our Political Past, Vice Provides a Peek at America’s Future
“You chose me, and I did what you asked.” Vice is a retelling of the political rise of former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney (Christian Bale), from his Wyoming roots with wife Lynne Cheney (Amy…
Read More »Chappaquiddick Brings Both the Truth, and the Pressure of Expectations, to Light
Chappaquiddick follows the true story surrounding the events of the tragic accident involving then Senator Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne, a 28-year-old campaign strategist and family friend of the Kennedy family. On July 18, 1969 while vacationing on Chappaquiddick…
Read More »The Birth of a Nation and Missed Opportunity
I enjoyed this film. I’m really interested to see if it sparks any conversations around Blacks and Christianity; the film has HEAVY religious connotations and really delves into the duality of the Christian experience for blacks (it being…
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Queen & Slim and the Audacity of Black Love in a Time of Anti-Black Hostility
The challenges that racism presents to black life are manifold and well know to all who wish to acknowledge them. Whether it’s with employment, housing, or even going about daily life, reasonable people know that racism can present…
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