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Category: Black Heritage Month

December 29, 2015December 30, 2015 Jana J. Monji

‘Chi-Raq’ Brings Greek Comedy to Chicago

September 6, 2015 Jana J. Monji

‘American Masters: Althea’ gives Gibson her due

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 Jana J. Monji

Independent Lens: ‘Evolution of a Criminal’

December 27, 2014December 27, 2014 Jana J. Monji

Why ‘Selma’ should be screened in Pasadena

December 25, 2014December 25, 2014 Jana J. Monji

AFI Fest 2014: ‘Selma’ as a political chess game with a King

December 5, 2014 Jana J. Monji

What’s missing in ‘Dear White People’

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014 Jana J. Monji

Review: The Spike Lee Joint Collection Vol. 2

October 6, 2014 Jana J. Monji

DVD Review: The Spike Lee Joint Collection Vol. 1

June 22, 2014June 22, 2014 Jana J. Monji

PBS ‘The New Black’ is divisive fear

November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 Jana J. Monji

’12 Years a Slave’: Why We Need More Women in Movie

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  • ‘Palm Springs’: Refreshing Time Loop Rom-Com ☆☆☆☆ July 12, 2020
    If you’re a native of Southern California, the city Palm Springs brings up visions of Old Hollywood rich like Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope. If you’ve passed by during times of drought, you’ll be affronted by verdant golf course that springs up in the desert. Palm Springs was also the stomping grounds of a rock […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Hamilton’ a must-see on Disney+ ☆☆☆☆☆ July 12, 2020
    Going to see “Hamilton” at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood was an event, but being able to revisit it with the original cast on the Disney+ is a comfy treat. Getting the Pantages tickets was not an easy task and it took a long wait since I wasn’t given press reservations. To get to the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘The Vote’: How the West Won Women’s Vote ☆☆☆ July 8, 2020
    As a third-generation California, the second-generation born in the US, I’ve long chafed at the representation of history, as if the United States must always look towards not only Anglican roots, but also focus on the events on the East Coast to explain the United States. Sexism has always been one explanation for why the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • National Garden of American Heroes: No Room for Native Americans, Latinos or Asian Americans? July 5, 2020
    You have to wonder what exactly was the criteria for Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes. The list has some questionable choices and notable omissions: There are no Native Americans, no Latinos, no Asian Americans, no scientists and no artists. Don’t worry: This isn’t lacking in “diversity” if you believe in a binary system. I’m […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • The Heat, Hollywood and 44 NoHo Minutes July 2, 2020
    For 44 minutes on February 28, 1997, the LAPD were heroes. In the aftermath, gun control was an issue that fluttered in a twilight zone of survival, and the militarization of the LAPD and other police forces began. Before we consider defunding the police in Los Angeles, it’s worth remembering how a cool February morning was […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Don’t Blackout History: Lynching Beyond the Binary of Black and White June 26, 2020
    As an Asian American, I’m used to the whitewashing of history, but there”s also another thing few people talk about: Sometimes, history is re-written with large sections blacked out. What’s left might be true, but it isn’t the whole story. That’s the case when two black men were found hanged in Southern California this month. […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Da 5 Bloods’: What to Do About the Lahu? June 26, 2020
    Spike Lee’s new film on Netflix is timely in how it crystalizes who white and black audience members are supposed to cheer for and who is lost in this binary examination of race. Here black and white audiences are unified on this point: Asian lives don’t matter. The plot is simple. During the Vietnam War, […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Ms. Geek Speaks: Asian America and Black America June 24, 2020
    During the 1992 LA Riots, I made two compromises. I didn’t report racist comments of a black journalist about Asian Americans and I didn’t pursue translations of South Korean headlines because my contact at a Los Angeles-based Korean news agency told me it would  only make things worse. While events related to George Floyd overshadowed […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ African Americans and Expendable Asians ☆☆ June 13, 2020
    Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” takes five African American men to Vietnam–four are remembering the past and all five are hoping for a better future because there’s gold in them there hills. This treasure hunt is also a history lesson, with the action in the present stopped to remind us of the past or even […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Ms. Geek Speaks: Did Black Lives Matter Get Played? June 4, 2020
    A week ago on (27 May 2020) Wednesday, protestors made it clear that the Los Angeles demonstrations about police brutality in another city in a different state weren’t going to be peaceful. That should have been a warning to the organizers of the protests and to anyone who joined them. To be clear, I believe […]
    Jana J. Monji
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