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‘Selma’ Review: History Ripped from Today’s Headlines

Philip Brown — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:00:20 +0000

‘Selma’ would have been a respected movie no matter what. It’s simply too accomplished and moving to ignore. Yet thanks to unfortunate circumstance, the film feels just as much like a portrait of current U.S. race relations as it is a window into the past. No one involved in the production could have anticipated the...

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Happy MLK Day: A Brief Note About Blog Scheduling

Josh Zyber — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:00:56 +0000

Aside from those of you who live in Arizona, many of our American readers should be enjoying a holiday today in remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. I considered closing down the blog for the day as well, but had some content ready to go and ultimately decided that I might as well run it....

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Why Hasn’t There Been an MLK Bio-Pic?

Josh Zyber — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:00:19 +0000

As we spend this holiday Monday honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it occurs to me that there hasn’t yet been a big Hollywood bio-pic about the man. Why is that? And, if one were produced, who should star? According to this Entertainment Weekly article from 2009, Steven Spielberg last acquired the...

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