The American Film Institute wrapped its 7-day 2020 AFI Fest last Friday and, although I enjoyed several during its run, there are two films that I want to highlight – one fictional and one non-fiction – both dealing with social… Read More ›
Without any statistical proof, I’m willing to bet that at least 90% of my African American female readers can share a horror story, or two, about a negative hair experience. My worst story involves many years of bad childhood “kitchen… Read More ›
I had the opportunity to screen Nicol Paone’s directorial debut FRIENDSGIVING and I can sum it up like this, I literally spent 95 minutes watching the worst fictional Thanksgiving ever filmed. Here’s the synopsis: Abby is looking forward to a… Read More ›
Is there any way to improve on the “Frozen” universe, with its already catchy tunes, funny quips, and positive girl-power and familial love themes? My answer to this question would have been not likely until viewing the latest 8-minute animated… Read More ›
Happy Tuesday MMT Fam! Here’s another list of recommendations featuring TV, online and streaming suggestions that you and/or the family can enjoy from home, or at a reasonable social-distance. And I’m still sharing events and cool posts on Instagram and/or the MMT Facebook page… Read More ›
“64,000 Black and Brown women go missing every year across America.” title card from The Erasure I had the pleasure of viewing several short films last weekend as a participant in the Black Women Film Network (BWFN) Short Film Festival…. Read More ›
Happy Monday MMT Fam! Here’s another list of recommendations featuring TV, online and streaming suggestions that you and/or the family can enjoy from home, or at a reasonable social-distance. And I’m still sharing events and cool posts on Instagram and/or the MMT Facebook page… Read More ›
I was excited to screen the (gory) coming-of-age dark comedy, SPONTANEOUS, released last Tuesday, and had high expectations of how entertaining I thought it would be. Based on the Aaron Starmer YA novel by the same name, and starring Katherine… Read More ›
Out today on Netflix is THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION the debut from writer/producer/director/actress Radha Blank – who has said the story is partially influenced by Robert Townsend’s classic “Hollywood Shuffle” in its display of an artist striving against the gatekeepers of… Read More ›
I had the pleasure of screening THE ILLADELPHIA GLOW, the debut sci-fi short film by homegrown Philadelphia writer, director and best-selling author Mister Mann Frisby. In the film, Winston Ligon (Aundre Dean) grapples with the discovery of an unwelcome superpower…. Read More ›
