Quickie Review: Antebellum
Antebellum could have been a seminal film for the times - if the story made any sense. It aims high, but gets bogged down in a metaphorical morass about past…
Review: Harriet
Harriet Tubman was an extraordinary woman and she deserves to have her story told (and to be on the $20 bill.) She was a tiny, illiterate slave, but she was…
The Birth of a Nation
The story of Nat Turner deserves a big screen telling. He inspired his fellow slaves to fight back against their owners and sent shock waves across the South in 1831…
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is a film based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free middle class black musician who lived in upstate New York in the first half…