Chauncey K. Robinson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Chauncey K. Robinson
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ weaves beauty and strength throughout a gruesome tale
October 19, 2023The plot is centered on a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during the 1920s, committed after oil was discovered on tribal land.
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‘Rustin’ review: A vital spotlight on an overlooked and complex civil rights hero
October 6, 2023The openly gay, former Quaker, one-time communist, Black man was no marginal figure to the movement, but one of the key players who helped to organize the historic 1963 March on Washington.
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with 5 conscious-raising albums
August 15, 2023History was made on Aug. 11, 1973, when Clive Campbell took to the stage at his sister’s back-to-school party in the Bronx.
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‘Kokomo City’ review: An unfiltered look into the lives of Black trans women sex workers
August 11, 2023A raw and unfiltered look into the lives of Black trans women sex workers.
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‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ powerful exploration of Ugandan democracy and resistance
August 2, 2023Museveni has been the president since 1986, but as this new documentary shows, he doesn’t rule without facing resistance.
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‘Barbie’ review: A sharp comedy that takes aim at the patriarchy and consumerism
July 19, 2023Ted Cruz calls the film “Chinese communist propaganda. The propaganda this film takes down is the idea that inequality, oppression, and exploitation benefit anyone but the people at the very top.
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‘Oppenheimer’ review: Masterful exploration of history, anti-communism, and the Atomic Age’s legacy
July 19, 2023A look at the life of the father of the atom bomb and the moral dilemma he faced in creating world-ending weapons.
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‘Black Ice’: Documentary exposes history of racism and anti-Blackness in hockey and Canada
July 13, 2023You may never think of hockey—or Canada—the same way again.
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