reviews
Aesthetics meets politics in Josephine Baker tribute
June 23, 2017Daryl Brooks continues the Black Ensemble Theater's tradition of exploring the way that music and artists have given consciousness to the experience of racial oppression.
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New film “20 Weeks” asks, To birth or not to birth?
June 21, 2017With no plot complications outside the blinkered focus on the couple to distract us, the film seems dogged and redundant.
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Unsatisfying self-satisfied lives depicted in South African film
June 20, 2017Writer/director Kagiso Lediga’s new film Catching Feelings received its world premiere on June 18 at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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“Thank You for Coming”: A sperm donor’s daughter searches for identity
June 12, 2017This might be called a genealogical detective story spanning an 11-year time frame.
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Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s last thoughts on African colonialism
June 6, 2017For several reasons this is an experience theatergoers should not miss.
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