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Reviews
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
History!
I learned somethings, and have a new appreciation for this organization. It's not always what "they'd" have you believe if you get all your news from the nightly news! Why do we have *anything* named after Hoover? He was vicious. And I feel I understand Regan's racism a bit better (not excusing it, just saying now I see what happened, and it makes sense in the way he acted... let's just say... without the Black Panthers, he likely would NOT have become president...)
Two Black Men a Week (2016)
French doco
We surprise the rest of the world it seems. Why are we not surprised? Interesting documentary about police killings of black men in the US. Reasonable length (1hour) While the crew was in the background, you can hear their questions, and I thought it put an good spin on things... you could hear their reactions. Worth a watch.
The Grizzlies (2018)
Great film, plenty of tears from me
At first I was a little "Another white guy saves the natives, fantastic" but the story was engaging and the acting was very good, and the cinematography was just great, and I soon got over my initial concerns. Having worked in the Arctic for a few years I think it was a realistic view of the land and it's people (although in the beginning I wondered if it was going to be a typical and oft-told tale of problems in the Native world from an outsiders POV) but it went past that, into the actual characters, people that I cared about. I liked the story and the ending, and the sign at the end is exactly what would happen in the native village I spent time in, and it was wonderful! (no spoilers here, just go watch the movie!) LOVED the end.