It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
When a small town banker thinks he has failed an angel shows that if he had not been born, the town would be worse off without him & his good deeds.
One Life (2023)
Almost exactly 24 years ago I reviewed the documentary Into the Arms of Strangers that told the story of the Kindertransport, a group of projects involving ten thousand Jewish children whom kind-hearted people were able to transport to England from Hitler-dominated Europe just before World War Two erupted. Director James Hawes’s, film straddling two time …
Coming Soon. MLK/X, a New Series on Two Great Black Leaders
There is a wonderful limited (8 parts) series telling the parallel stories of Dr. MLK and Malcolm X scheduled to appear on the National Geographic Channel on Feb. 1, and then stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu, with two new episodes debuting weekly on all platforms. I have watched all 8 episodes & …
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Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Autobiographical story about a Black boy largely raised by the owner of his rooming house & its residents, based on a play.
Maestro (2023)
The film is more about Leonard Bernstein’s music & sexuality & his relationship to wife Felicia Montealegre than a biographical film.
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
True story of a brave Catholic social worker who poses as a nurse in order to smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Shift (2023)
In a film based on Job, Kevin is shifted by Satan to another universe and strives to return to his wife Molly, but must make a hard choice.
Bayard Rustin: Slowly Emerging from the Shadows
Bayard Rustin was a genius at organizing mass events, but few Americans know anything about him–and this is just what the makers of the new Netflix film RUSTIN hope to correct. For details of his exciting story, I refer you to my review, found elsewhere on this site. What I want to address here is …
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Rustin (2023)
The story behind the 1963 March on Washington is well-told, including the frank depiction of the genius leading its planning, Bayard Rustin.
Simple Justice (1993)
The story of how NAACP lawyers planned their suit against segregated schools & how Supreme Court justices debated it among themselves.