Songs add to the feelings & actions of the characters in Alice Walker’s musical version of the classic tale of sisterhood.
The Color Purple (2023)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
As Wakanda mourns the death of King T’Challa his sister & mother must face the threat of an undersea nation also concerned about vibranium.
The Woman King (2022)
Two women of 19th C. Dahomey’s Agojie, the female part of the kingdom’s army , one the general & the other a recruit, find they have a bond in the traumatic past.
Black Earth Rising (2018)
A complex story of international dealings with Rwandan Genocide Kate, raised by a white woman in the UK seeks to bring to justice killers of her adoptive mother & fellow Tutsis.
Adu (2020)
Three stories set in Africa are entertwined–a 6-year-old Cameroon refugee boy flees from poachers who have killed his mother; a border guard struggles with his conscience when a colleague causes the death of a refugee; an animal rights advocate struggles with his temper and his druggie daughter.
The Elephant Queen (2019)
The story of how a matriarchal family of elephants & other creatures around their watering hole survive a drought in Kenya.
The Laundromat (2019)
Told by 2 crooked lawyers at its center, this is the story behind The Panama Papers, with widowed Ellen Martin investigating high finance international chicanery.
The Lion King (2019)
A terrific updating of the animated original. Click the movie title to read my entire review, including my thoughts on the many changes.
3100, Run and Become (2018)
The spiritual connection of running and prayer is powerfully explored. Click the headline to read my complete review.
The Heart of Nuba (2016)
This moving documentary is worth the effort to see it. Click the image to read my entire review.