Since I Been Down is a profoundly emotional experience for those with compassion and concern for where America is in this moment, in terms of the rampant racial inequality and systemic racism continuing to poison the country. Writer/director Gilda Sheppard focuses on Kimonti Carter, who is changing the incarcerated from the inside of the prison system. …
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Family Squares AWFJ.org Review
Did you know there is a cult of Margot Martindale and Ann Dowd fans? I mean, people who want nothing more than to see the two of them in a movie together? Mind you, these are fans who can tell the difference between the two actors, and don’t constantly confuse them, which is a problem …
The Automat AWFJ.org Review
The new documentary release The Automat teaches many things about the power of nostalgia, the history of New York City, the benevolence of companies long gone, and the egalitarianism of a 5 cent cup of coffee, but before all else, it teaches audiences that Mel Brooks has been and always will be a force. He’s the guy …
Rebel Hearts documentary AWFJ.org review
One Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary order says in director Pedro Kos’s award-winning documentary Rebel Hearts, “What does Mary have to do with revolution? Only everything. I can’t believe that the mother of God wouldn’t be as concerned as a mother could be about the problems which brought her son to earth.” Therein lies …