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Jonita Davis

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Oscar Nom Angela Bassett on the Power Behind ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ UN Scene

The part of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever that will always have my heart is the scene at the beginning…

Interview

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Oscar Nom Angela Bassett on the Power Behind ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ UN Scene

Interview

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Published in The Black Cape

·Jan 5

Who All Gon’ Be There? A List of What’s Black in Film and Coming to Sundance 2023

You know we have to check the guest list before we pull up. The Sundance Film Festival has been on a roll in recent years when it comes to including Black films, actors, and creatives in the fest film slate. …

Sundance Film Festival

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Who All Gon’ Be There? A List of What’s Black in Film and Coming to Sundance 2023

Sundance Film Festival

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 30, 2022

Under the Trauma, ‘Causeway’ Is a Story of Friendship

Jennifer Lawrence is the obvious focus of Causeway. The film opens with a string of scenes documenting Lawrence’s character Lyndsie’s recovery from a horrible IED explosion while deployed. It’s evident that her struggles with PTSD and a traumatic brain injury will take some time and effort to overcome. Causeway wastes…

Features

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Under the Trauma, ‘Causeway’ Is a Story of Friendship

Features

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 28, 2022

‘Amerikatsi’ Offers a Beautifully Tragic Look at A Culture and a Time Many are Unaware of

I don’t know about you all, but I’ve never heard of the Armenian American repatriates who settled in the Soviet ran country of Armenia after WWII. I did a quick search before writing this review and found so much information. Many personal accounts. …

Armenia

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‘Amerikatsi’ Offers a Beautifully Tragic Look at A Culture and a Time Many are Unaware of

Armenia

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 28, 2022

‘Manifest West’ Identifies the Line Between Protecting vs. Enabling Mental Illness

So many great movies have depicted the facets of mental illness in ways that force a conversation. Manifest West is one of those films. It’s about a family that relocates to the edge of society to protect the matriarch. …

Review

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‘Manifest West’ Identifies the Line Between Protecting vs. Enabling Mental Illness

Review

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 28, 2022

‘Descendant’ Magnifies America’s Need to Reckon with Slavery

Kanye West needs to watch this documentary, and so do ALL slavery deniers. Descendant is a Netflix documentary that brings everyone face to face with the horrors of slavery. It’s like a magnifying glass that allows us to trace the systemic trauma and damage of slavery from actual enslaved Africans…

Review

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‘Descendant’ Magnifies America’s Need to Reckon with Slavery

Review

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 28, 2022

‘Spoiler Alert’ May Be the Next (Sad) Christmas Classic

Jim Parsons is a great actor and comedian, but he’s no Colin Firth, Idris Elba, or Hugh Grant. I mean that Parsons is not the guy you would find as the lead in a moving Christmas feature film. But he is the perfect leading man for Spoiler Alert. Based on…

LGBTQ

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‘Spoiler Alert’ May Be the Next (Sad) Christmas Classic

LGBTQ

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 25, 2022

Review: Let’s Talk About ‘The Whale’ and Religious Trauma

Confession: I am a survivor of religious trauma. It involves a complete upheaval of a person’s construction of reality, including the self, other people, life, the future, everything. — Marlene Winell, Ph.D. When I tucked into Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, that trauma was evident from the opening scenes. Every character…

Features

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Review: Let’s Talk About ‘The Whale’ and Religious Trauma

Features

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 17, 2022

How ‘Till’ Cast and Crew Practiced Self-Care During Production (And Review)

Till is a tough film to watch. Director Chinonye Chukwu set out to tell the story of Mamie Till Mobley (played by Daniel Deadwyler) as she turned her son Emmett's (played by Jalyn Hall) tragic death into a rallying cry heard around the world. Everyone should know the story; if…

Review

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Review

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Published in The Black Cape

·Dec 14, 2022

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Explores the Depths of Family Bonds

The story of Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) continues in this second installment of the Avatar franchise, Avatar: The Way of Water. They now have a family, which we watch form and grow in Pandora. Jake is Navi now, and his kids are accepted without question. Part of…

Features

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Features

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