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Festivals

How documentary cinema is reframing the Civil Rights era

by Nick Joyner

At this year’s Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val, three films broad­ened our under­stand­ing of the fight against racial discrimination.
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Review

MLK/FBI

by Rógan Graham

Based on new­ly declas­si­fied tran­scripts, this doc­u­men­tary charts the US government’s harass­ment of the civ­il rights leader.

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In Retrospect
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Incoming

Daniel Kaluuya may star in a different sort of Black Panther film

by Charles Bramesco

The Get Out star is in talks to play civ­il rights mar­tyr Fred Hamp­ton in a new drama.
Woman with afro hairstyle speaking into microphone, surrounded by a large crowd, in front of a grand building.
Incoming

Julie Dash will fight the power with an Angela Davis biopic

by Charles Bramesco

The civ­il rights leader will be the sub­ject of the director’s first nar­ra­tive fea­ture since 1991.
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A vital new film reveals how women shaped the civil rights movement

by Amandas Ong

The Rape of Recy Tay­lor is a bold tes­ta­ment to female activism.
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The complex cinematic legacy of Martin Luther King Jr

by Leila Latif

Fifty years after his death, does the Civ­il Rights Leader’s on screen image belie his true nature?
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In Praise Of

Malcolm X at 25: The untold mystery of Betty Shabazz

by Nadia Latif

Spike Lee’s epic biopic of the black civ­il rights leader offers only glimpses of the great woman behind the man.
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Review

Selma

by David Jenkins

“Sel­ma Now!” Ava DuVernay’s vital civ­il rights dra­ma is the film Mar­tin Luther King deserved.

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In Retrospect