Drama
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Blinded By the Light (2019). Film review of the drama directed by Gurinder Chadha
Racism
BlacKkKlansman (2018). Drama about a black cop investigating the Ku Klux Klan
Film review Jason Day of BlacKkKlansman, the Spike Lee directed thriller about a black policeman going undercover and posing as a new member of the Ku Klux Klan with a view to dismantling it from within. Starring John David Washington and Adam Driver.
Drama
The Good Earth (1937). 4/5 stars for this haunting, emotional Chinese epic.
Film review by Jason Day of The Good Earth, based on the novel by Pearl Buck, about turn of the century peasants in China. Starring Paul Muni and Oscar winning Luise Rainer.
Historical/Period/Epic
Hidden Figures (2016). 5/5 stars for this engrossing drama.
Film review by Jason Day of Hidden Figures about the hitherto unknown contribution made to the US space programme in the 1960’s by black, female mathematicians.
Drama
A United Kingdom (2016). Naive? Or innocent? This race-relations/big government drama is worth watching.
Film review of A United Kingdom about an interracial love affair in the 1950’s starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike. Directed by Amma Asante.
Drama
Oscar 2016 predictions
A list of the possible outcomes (and my own preferred winners) for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) 2016, due to be announced on 28 February 2016.
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