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Category: Black Heritage Month

January 20, 2018 Jana J. Monji

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ‘Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart’ ✮✮✮✮

November 24, 2016 Jana J. Monji

AFI FEST 2016: ‘Carmen Jones’ ✭✭✭

November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise’

October 10, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Roots’ 2016✭✭✭, ‘Django’ and #BlackLivesMatter

October 10, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

Remembering Robert Shaw and the 1989 ‘Glory’✭✭✭✭✭

October 7, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘The Birth of a Nation’ Continues Legacy of Controversy✭✭✭

September 21, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Free State of Jones’ an Important, But Flawed Film ✭✭✭

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  • ‘Scandalous’ and the Slippery Slope ☆☆☆☆ November 11, 2019
    In these Trumpian times, there can be no better time to reflect on the slippery slopes that bring us to ethical dilemmas. Trump, among other celebrities, is involved in “Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer” and that’s not exactly news, but the extent that the National Enquirer was involved in making deals and […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Modern Love’: Inspiring Real Stories ☆☆☆☆ November 11, 2019
    Sometimes you don’t need violence and even sex to make a good story. “Modern Love” illustrates that short films can satisfy and this anthology of eight stories are tender, joyous and sometimes sad. As a writer, they make me want to explore my city and find its stories. Episode 1: When the Doorman Is Your […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Native American Heritage Month: ‘Angry Inuk’ Are Voices Seldom Heard ☆☆☆☆☆ November 5, 2019
    The documentary “Angry Inuk” is about voices seldom heard but that need to be heard. Watching this changed my mind about seal hunting, solidified my skepticism toward The Humane Society of America and other organizations and made me interested in seal-skin wear. Written and directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, the documentary starts in the spring of […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day: ‘Boy’ ☆☆☆☆ November 3, 2019
    Imagine being only 11 years old and given the responsibility of looking after your younger brother and cousins because your grandmother, and only guardian, is leaving for two weeks. “Boy” is about growing up and confronting the disappointing reality. Taking us back to 1984, the year after Michael Jackson’s 14-minute music video “Thriller” came out […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • AMC’s ‘The Terror: Infamy’: Fails Due to TMI November 3, 2019
    There are some stories that have been told over and over again, but others that rarely see the light on television or the bid screen. A full mini-series about the Japanese American experience during World War II with a predominately ethnic Asian cast and a male ethnic Asian lead is something Japanese Americans have been […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • The Terror: Infamy: Episode 9 and 10 ‘Come and Get Me’ and ‘Into the Afterlife’ November 3, 2019
    “Come and Get Me” begins on 29 January 1945. Walter and Toshiro get into back army truck and leave. Yamato, Chester’s parents get ready to leave. Bowen is nowhere to be found. “It hardly feels real now,” Yamato says. Because Bowen can’t be found, another official cautions the Japanese American internees, telling them, they have a “heavy […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • AMC ‘The Terror: Infamy’ Episode 8 ‘My Sweet Boy’ November 3, 2019
    AMC “The Terror: Infamy” is fixing for a family reunion with “My Sweet Boy.” If you missed the last episode, you might think this refers to Chester/Taizo, but in “My Perfect World” (Episode 7), we learned that Yūko Tanabe, younger sister of Asako Nakayama, had two boys. I’ve played the episode over so while during […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Native American Heritage Month: Smithsonian List of Movies November 1, 2019
    Cynthia Benitez took the time to make an amazing list for people interested in learning more about indigenous people. Benitez is a film curator and scholar specializing in Native and indigenous film. She is currently the Film Programmer for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. In an phone interview, […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Native American Heritage Month on PBS November 1, 2019
    November is Native American Heritage Month and PBS means to make it more than just about turkey and tales and pilgrims. PBS has a few documentary films to feed your brain and, after a phone interview with two people involved in the PBS production, I can provides both cinematic and literary suggestions for further studies. […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Harriet’: A Petite Heroine with Large Impact ☆☆☆☆ November 1, 2019
    A major movie on Harriet Tubman is long overdue, and for all of its faults, this biopic “Harriet,” is more important than “Black Panther” or “Captain Marvel.” Why go for an imaginary superhero, when there’s a real one? One of the key points of this Focus Films production is the casting of the petite Cynthia […]
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