Posts Categorized: movie

Why 12 Years a Slave is One of the Best Movies You Will Ever See

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I recently attended a screening of 12 Years a Slave, a movie that is receiving significant Oscar buzz and accolades from many film critics. From nods to the director’s brilliance, to rave reviews of the performances given by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and guest appearance by Brad Pitt, this will be the talk of the… Read more »

A Reflection on the novel The Help, by Kathryn Stockett

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I recently read the novel The Help and had some serious bipolar feelings about it. On one hand, the story Mrs. Stockett tells about the relationship between white families and their black female domestics set in rural 1950s Jackson, Mississippi is very engaging and all in all a good read. And then I got to… Read more »