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December 13, 2020December 15, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Letter to the NAACP: History of Lynching

December 13, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Letter to PBS SoCal: Race in America?

November 13, 2020January 9, 2021 Jana J. Monji

Revisiting Orwell’s ‘1984’ in the Twilight of the WH Trumpian Era

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Ms. Geek Speaks: RBG, Law Clerks and Dissing on Diversity

July 5, 2020 Jana J. Monji

National Garden of American Heroes: No Room for Native Americans, Latinos or Asian Americans?

July 2, 2020September 6, 2020 Jana J. Monji

The Heat, Hollywood and 44 NoHo Minutes

June 26, 2020July 4, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Don’t Blackout History: Lynching Beyond the Binary of Black and White

June 24, 2020September 4, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Ms. Geek Speaks: Asian America and Black America

June 3, 2020December 7, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Ms. Geek Speaks: Did Black Lives Matter Get Played?

April 11, 2020 Jana J. Monji

Ms. Geek Speaks: James Woods and the Chinese Problem

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  • ‘Mank’: A White Wino’s Whine? February 20, 2021
    Let me unpack my emotional baggage.  Just as I can admire Orson Welle’s “Citizen Kane,” I appreciate the storytelling of “Mank.” There is beauty in both films–in their story telling and acting and even the intentional social commentary. Both swirl around and contribute to the legend of William Randolph Hearst and Hearst Castle. “Citizen Kane” […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Golden Globes, ‘Minari’ and Cries of Racism: Read the Rules First February 19, 2021
    The Golden Globe Awards are an annual ceremony put on by the 93-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association since January 1944. In December, someone took exception to the classification of the Korean American film, “Minari,” in the Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language Film category and not the Best Motion Picture-Drama for the 78th Golden Globes. There seems […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Ms. Geek Speaks: The Golden Globes and What Is a Foreign Language in the US? February 19, 2021
    There are things I find tedious, such as people having an opinion, good or bad, about something they have not seen or read. This was the case when I listened to a panel discussion on a movie. All of the panelists had seen that film, however, the discussion was hijacked by the moderator who was […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Analyzing Diversity: Golden Globes Noms 2021 February 19, 2021
    Originally, when I asked to cover the Golden Globes, it was because I had known someone who had been part of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. By the time I began covering it, he has passed away. I have no personal connection with any of the members. I do not know any of the members. […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎: Sundance 2021 February 14, 2021
    “Coming Home in the Dark” is a relentlessly dark film featuring some Maori actors and directed by James Ashcroft who also co-wrote with Eli Kent. This is the first feature-length film directed by New Zealander Ashcroft, who is affiliated with the Ngati Kahu  and Nga Puhi tribes. Based on a short story by Owen Marshall, […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Marvelous and the Black Hole’ ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎: Sundance 2021 February 13, 2021
    “Marvelous and the Black Hole” is not about any Marvel character nor about space. The black hole here is the emptiness left by the death of a mother and the anger of a 13-year-old girl, Sammy (Miya Cech), swallows up every opportunity of youth. Looking at the photo, you might think domestic violence or even […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘I Was a Simple Man’ ⭐︎⭐︎ : Sundance 2021 February 13, 2021
    A few years ago, my aunt mentioned she once regularly attended church, but had lately fallen out of the habit. The church was on the other side of San Diego, about twenty minutes away. But her friends, her Nisei Christian community, had been slowly fading away with ill health and death. I offered to take […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Fire in the Mountains’ Review ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎: Sundance 2021 February 13, 2021
    “Fire in the Mountains” is a sensitive film about one woman’s struggle within the confines of sexism in a small Himalayan village. The fire is both metaphorical and literal.  Chandra (Vinamrata Rai) labors under the tyranny of men. She, along with her husband Dharam, run an inn, Swizerland Homestay, that is off of the only […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Try Harder!’ ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎: Sundance 2021 February 13, 2021
    Despite my good grades in high school, I wasn’t terribly ambitious. I wanted to be an artist and didn’t aim for any Ivy League or private colleges. My father had by then died of complications of MS and thus couldn’t offer any financial assistance. Neither my mother nor father had a college degree. As first […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ ☆☆ : Sundance 2021 February 13, 2021
    If you’re not familiar with the Japanese term ero guro (エログロ), you might be puzzled by this film. “Ero” comes for the English word “erotic” and “guro” from grotesque. In neither case is the film really entrenched in the genres. There’s not enough horror for horror fans nor eroticism for someone looking for erotica and […]
    Jana J. Monji
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