As a child, Aretha “Re” Franklin (Skye Dakota Turner) lives with her domineering father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker), in Detroit, along with her siblings and their grandmother, Mama …

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Canadian documentary filmmakers Brent Hodge and Chris Kelly like to make films about comedy, pop culture and unique stories that reveal “obscure worlds that people don’t know about,” explained Hodge …

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In 2017 the moviegoing world was introduced to the inspiring story of Antonina Zabinska and Jan Zabinski, her husband. Antonina and Jan, the Warzaw Zoo’s director, saved about 300 Jews …

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In filmmaker George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie horror classic, “Dawn of the Dead,” the character Peter (Ken Foree) tells Francine (Gaylen Ross) that the creatures they are fighting off are …

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From Latino Public Broadcasting comes a new documentary, “Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground,” from Emmy-nominated director Bernardo Ruiz and producer Andrea Cordoba that is sure to evoke a response …

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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is one of the most talked about movies this year. The film, which premiered on Netflix on Dec. 18 and was adapted for the screen by …

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There are so many new productions in release that it is impossible to see them all, let alone review them. Here are four Christmas films for your holiday viewing! Be …

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“Hillbilly Elegy,” based on the inspiring 2016 memoir of Yale educated lawyer and venture capitalist J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso), is a compelling biopic offering a look into a poor, white …

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Delayed from this past summer and just in time for Christmas, Disney and Pixar Studios are releasing an animated feature film that tries to answer the questions: Who am I …

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Pedro Kos’s new documentary, “Rebel Hearts,” which premiered to a sold-out audience last month at the 2021 virtual Sundance Film Festival, recounts the story of the Immaculate Heart of Mary …

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One dark and stormy night somewhere in Texas, a frantic young woman, Bailey Hart (Katharine McPhee), knocks at the door of a ranch house belonging to a widower, Beau (Eddie …

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John Martinez (Guillermo Iván) is doing research for a story at the library when he meets the librarian, Mary (Kimberly Aria Peterson). They are immediately attracted to one another. Although …

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