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BlackStar Film Festival presents Ava DuVernay with Maori Karmael Holmes
Celebrating black films with Ava DuVernay
Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay sat down for a conversation with BlackStar Film Festival founder Maori Karmael Holmes. Jarreau Freeman reports.
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BlackStar Film Festival presents "Shorts Program 4"
Unique tales of resistance
A program of shorts at the BlackStar Film Festival featuring women directors gave critic Jarreau Freeman a new perspective on resistance.
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4 minute read
Blackstar Film Festival presents 'L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later'
Can't we all just get along?
Erik Parker and One9's documentary looks back at the 1992 L.A. riots and those whose lives were affected before, during, and after the fires stopped burning. Jarreau Freeman reviews.
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4 minute read
Re-release of Merchant Ivory's 'Maurice'
Love that dare not speak its name
Thirty years after its release, a Merchant Ivory gay classic gets a re-release and the recognition it deserves. Gary Day reviews.
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2 minute read
'Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary'
Trane keeps a-rolling
A new documentary about jazz saxophonist John Coltrane keeps the man's spirit, and his music, alive. Bruce Klauber reviews.
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3 minute read
Bryn Mawr Film Institute and Philly's big-screen problem
Big screen blues
Bryn Mawr Film Institute gets new leadership, but Center City still doesn't have a first-rate repertory movie theater. Stephen Silver considers.
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5 minute read
Penn Museum presents Mina T. Son's 'Making Noise in Silence'
At the intersection of immigration and deaf culture
The Penn Museum's Second Sunday Culture Film Series presented a Deaf Culture program, featuring Mina T. Son's 'Making Noise in Silence,' with a panel discussion of deaf culture and language. Brittany Barbato reviews.
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4 minute read
Trump, through a Hollywood lens
From ‘Citizen Kane’ to 'Goodfellas’ with Donald Trump
How to explain the Trump phenomenon? You could do worse than to watch and reflect upon a few classic Hollywood films.
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6 minute read
Scribe Video Center's "Making Haiku into Short Films"
Poetry in Motion
Scribe Video Center brought in several prominent Philadelphia filmmakers (and poet Sonia Sanchez) for a workshop on experimental short film. A.D. Amorosi took a look.
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2 minute read
M. Night Shyamalan's 'Split'
The trouble with Kevin
In M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller, a man with 24 personalities kidnaps and imprisons three teen girls. Is it worth taking the time to meet them all? A.D. Amorosi reviews.
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