The New York Times – Film:
The experimental documentary is punctuated by Giovanni’s poetry, read both by her and the actress Taraji P. Henson. But the film offers only what the poet is willing to give.
Author: Concepcion de Leon
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‘Colette and Justin’ Review: The Colonized Speak Up
The New York Times – Film:
In a new documentary, a filmmaker turns his lens on his grandparents during a pivotal moment in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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‘Fire Through Dry Grass’ Review: Unsafe Space
The New York Times – Film:
This enlightening, troubling documentary chronicles life (and death) among residents in a long-term care facility during the heights of the pandemic.
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‘A Million Miles Away’ Review: From the Fields to Outer Space
The New York Times – Film:
In this biopic, a boy from a family of migrant farm workers watches the moon landing in 1969, which ignites his desire to be an astronaut.
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‘Miguel Wants to Fight’ Review: A Rite of Passage
The New York Times – Film:
In Oz Rodriguez’s coming-of-age film, a martial arts-obsessed teenager is determined to throw his first punch.
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‘Lakota Nation vs. United States’ Review: A 150-Year Clash
The New York Times – Film:
In 1980, the Lakota were offered money for their stolen Black Hills land. They refused to accept the settlement and continue to fight today.
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Review: ‘Cadejo Blanco’ Goes Inside the World of Guatemalan Gangs
The New York Times – Film:
In this film a young woman searching for her missing sister infiltrates a gang, but the focus is diffuse and the promised thriller never materializes.
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‘The Wind & the Reckoning’ Review: A Hawaiian Story of Resistance
The New York Times – Film:
A docudrama follows a family fighting to stay together and avoid exile to a leprosy colony, but fails to carry an emotional punch.
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‘The Taking’ Review: This Land Is Not Your Land
The New York Times – Film:
Monument Valley embodies the Old West. But the fantasies presented in Westerns obscure its darker history and the lives of the Navajo people who inhabit it.