Reflections, Perceptions and Misconceptions of Black Culture in Film
Release Date: 11/10/21; Netflix Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13 Director: Rebecca Hall Studio(s): AUM Group, Film4, Flat Five Productions, Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, Gamechanger Films, Picture Films, Sweet Tomato Films, TGCK Partners, XRM Media. Running Time: 98 mins. Cast: Tessa Thompson as Irene Redfield, Ruth Negga as Clare Kendry, André Holland as Brian Redfield, Alexander Skarsgård…
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Release Date: 1/29/21; Sundance Film Festival Genre: Comedy Rating: NR Director: Jerrod Carmichael Studio(s): Valparaiso Pictures, Werner Entertainment, Sundance Film Festival. Running Time: TBP Cast: Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, J.B. Smoove, Lavell Crawford, Henry Winkler. Story: Two guns. Two best friends. And a pact to end their lives when the day is done. Source(s): …
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Release Date: 1/27/20; Sundance Film Festival Genre: Horror Rating: R Director: Shana Feste Studio(s): Automatik, Blumhouse Productions, Quiet Girl Productions, Universal Pictures Running Time: 93 mins. Cast: Ella Balinska (Cherie), Pilou Asbæk (Ethan), Clark Gregg, Betsy Brandt, Jess Gabor (Maya), Aml Ameen Story: A blind date turns violent and the woman has to get home…
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Release Date: 10/23/20; Hulu (Original Release: 1/23/20 – Sundance Film Festival)Genre: Comedy/HorrorRating: NRDirector: Justin SimienStudio(s): Sight Unseen PicturesRunning Time: 115 mins. Cast: Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Jay Pharoah, Lena Waithe, Blair Underwood, Laverne Cox Story: Los Angeles, 1989. Anna Bludso (Elle Lorraine) is a scarred survivor of a scalp burn from a mild relaxer…
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Release Date: 10/4/20 Series Premiere; Showtime (Limited) Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director(s): Albert Hughes, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Michael Nankin Studio(s): Blumhouse Television, Showtime Networks Cast: Joshua Caleb Johnson (Onion), Ethan Hawke (John Brown), Daveed Diggs (Frederick Douglass), Orlando Jones (The Rail Man), Wyatt Russell (U.S. Army Officer J. E. B. Stuart), McKinley Belcher III (Broadnax),…
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Release Date: 1/22/21; In Theaters (Original Release – 1/27/20; Sundance Film Festival) Genre: Drama/Fantasy Rating: R Director: Edson Oda Studio(s): Mandalay Pictures, Sony Pictures Running Time: 124 mins. Cast: Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Bill Skarsgård, Tony Hale, David Rysdahl. Story: What if being born is not the beginning but the goal? In a…
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