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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Tanya Hamilton
Starring: Amari Cheatom | Anthony Mackie | Black Thought | Jamie Hector | Kerry Washington | Ron Simons | Wendell Pierce
Chris says: “Tanya Hamilton’s truly independent, long-gestating project is personal cinema of the sort one rarely sees anymore. Set in 1976 Philadelphia, it reunites two former Black Panthers: Marcus (Anthony Mackie), who returns to his old neighborhood after years in
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Phillip Youmans
Starring: Braelyn Kelly | Dominique McClellan | Karen Kaia Livers | Wendell Pierce
Michael says: “A harsh look at poverty in rural Louisiana, with shadowy imagery, poetic narration, and wrongs suggested, but not seen create the tapestry that is BURNING CANE. The film opens with a woman telling the story of her faithful,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Starring: Aldis Hodge | Alfre Woodard | LaMonica Garrett | Wendell Pierce
Michael says: “CLEMENCY is a powerful film with some great acting, but even the best of acting couldn’t quite give this film the spark it needed and honestly, deserved, to make it stand out. Alfre Woodard, always amazing, and top
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Joshua Sanchez
Starring: Aja Naomi King | E.J. Bonilla | Emory Cohen | Kathryn Meisle | Wendell Pierce
Thom says: “This is an amazingly problematic, thoughtful, but off-putting film. It’s a 4-character study that starts out with a middle-age roly-poly African American salesman, Joe, having an assignation with a white 15-year-old-boy, June. Wendell Pierce, who anyone that loves
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