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Daily Archives: January 4, 2022
Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little Christian family birthday party
“Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party” is a modest but engaging drama mainly revolving around the family birthday party for its sexually repressed adolescent hero. While simply hanging around him and a bunch of Christian characters around him during one long day, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolescence, Birthday party, Christianity, Family, Homosexuality
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The Rise and Fall of the Black Panthers
Stanley Nelson’s documentary film “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” shows a lot more about the Black Panthers than you may expect. To be frank with you, I once regarded the Black Panthers as nothing but a pesky and … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Political activism, Racism, Real-life figure, Real-life incident
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