Grace Lee Boggs activist, writer, feminist is above all an evolutionary. In the documentary 'American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs' Boggs suggests the hope for America lies within each of us. First, we must care about our own well being, then we must demonstrate our care for our fellow citizens. In that way lies our own peace and fulfillment.
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Movie Review: ‘A Field in England’
Unfortunately, A Field in England only results in blank-faced screen-watching, never living up to the hype.
Read More »Athena Film Festival Movie Review: ‘Rebel’
A woman fighting during the Civil War? What is the likelihood that she would have donned trousers and taken up arms to fight with the South or the North? Rebel, directed by Maria Agui Carter reveals how this could happen and in fact did relating the adventures of Loreta Velazquez based on her forgotten memoir, 'The Woman in Battle'.
Read More »Athena Film Festival 2014: A Celebration of Women and Leadership
2014 Athena Film Festival rocks and inspires at Barnard College in February. Award recipients Callie Khouri, Kasi Lemmons, and Keri Putnam were on hand for the festivities.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Sweetwater’
Sweieetwater is an amazing take on a female heroine in a cross-genre "western" thriller.
Read More »Sundance 2014: Rest of Fest
And finally, here’s a complete list of this year’s Sundance Film Festival feature film awards:
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Long Day Closes’ – The Criterion Collection
Carefully-staged recreations of writer-director Terence Davies' youth in 1950s Liverpool. Patience and repeat viewings are required.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Reviews: ‘Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead’ and ‘The Raid 2: Berandal’
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead fails to live up to expectations; on the other hand, The Raid 2: Berandal knocks it out of the park.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Review: ‘Hellion’
Writer/director Kat Chandler expands Hellion from her 2012 Sundance short into a tear jerker of a film — even if she uses way too much shaky cam.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Shadow People’
Shadow People doesn’t even consider thinking outside the box.
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