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John Lewis: Good Trouble (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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John Lewis: Good Trouble (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE (2020) Featuring Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Anthony Johnson, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Colin Allred, Rep. Marc Veasey, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Lizzie Fletcher, Stacey Abrams, Michael Collins, Henry Lewis, Rosa Lewis-Tyner, Samuel Lewis, Ethel Lewis-Tyner, Bernard Lafayette Jr., Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., Diane Nash, Rep. … Continue reading →

Anna Deavere Smith – Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices
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Anna Deavere Smith – Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices

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Anna Deavere Smith Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices  by Brad Balfour With a raft of accolades in her résumé, American actress/playwright/professor Anna Deavere Smith produces work that highlights the plight of the underclass, the unvoiced and those overlooked by entitled society. In her most recent one-woman production – Notes from The … Continue reading →

Gina Strachan – Jesse Owens’ Granddaughter Talks Race
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Gina Strachan – Jesse Owens’ Granddaughter Talks Race

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Gina Strachan Jesse Owens’ Granddaughter Talks Race by Jay S. Jacobs Jesse Owens is an iconic athlete – and his athletic prowess is only a part of his legend.  A young, poor African-American runner in a time when black athletes were barely accepted in sports, Owens won four Gold Medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, … Continue reading →

Ava DuVernay – Returns the Struggle for Civil Rights to Selma
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Ava DuVernay – Returns the Struggle for Civil Rights to Selma

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Ava DuVernay – Returns the Struggle for Civil Rights to Selma by Brad Balfour On the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, the film Selma is further in the spotlight because both director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo were not nominated for best director and actor Oscars respectively. Though the film was nominated … Continue reading →