Tag Archives: African American

The Piano Lesson (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): The family trouble with a piano

Posted on November 25, 2024 by kaist455

Netflix film “The Piano Lesson”, which was released on last Friday, is about a little but complex family issue surrounding one old piano. Although it feels rather contrived during its second half as veering off a bit from what has … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Silver Dollar Road (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): This is indeed their land

Posted on November 3, 2023 by kaist455

Documentary film “Silver Dollar Road”, which was released on Amazon Prime in a few weeks ago, tells the story of how one ordinary African American family has fought for their little precious land in South Carolina for many years. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The Blackening (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Which one is more, uh, black?

Posted on July 31, 2023 by kaist455

As a South Korean audience who does not know that much about the African American culture, I may not be an ideal one for “The Blackening”, but it amused and entertained me enough as a humorously self-conscious genre exercise. Although … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A sincere and enthusiastic presentation of the African American movie history

Posted on November 13, 2022 by kaist455

Netflix documentary film “Is That Black Enough for You?!?”, directed and written by African American critic Elvis Mitchell, is more than a quick and useful guide for the African American movie history. Besides being enlightening as well as entertaining, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): A revolutionary and his traitor

Posted on February 14, 2021 by kaist455

I must confess that I had some prejudice on the Black Panther Party when I was young and wild many years ago. Probably because of that brief comical moment in “Forrest Gump” (1994), I once regarded the Black Panther Party … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

One Night in Miami (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Their night to remember

Posted on January 19, 2021 by kaist455

“One Night in Miami”, which was released on Amazon Prime in last week, humbly and thoughtfully presents a fictional account of one night meeting among four prominent real-life African American figures in the 1960s. Regardless of how much it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

A Most Beautiful Thing (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Rowing for changes

Posted on July 22, 2020 by kaist455

Documentary film “A Most Beautiful Thing”, which was supposed to be shown at the SXSW Film Festival before it was unfortunately canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is about a group of African American guys who try to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gook (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): One long day of April in Paramount, California, 1992

Posted on July 19, 2020 by kaist455

Justin Chon’s second feature film “Gook”, which received the Best of Next Audience Award when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in 2017, is an interesting but ultimately uneven mixed bag. At first, it attempts a mildly … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Hale Country This Morning, This Evening (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Hale County, Alabama

Posted on July 5, 2019 by kaist455

Documentary film “Hale Country This Morning, This Evening”, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in last year and then got nominated for Best Documentary Oscar … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , | Leave a comment