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Reviews
South to Black Power (2023)
Liberating Documentary
These words stood out powerfully to me: "what if we skip over all of the begging, the pleading, the marching and the shouting". Juxtaposed to this documentary, I watched a documentary on HBO about Dr. Martin Luther King entitled King in the Wilderness. Both documentaries demonstrated how long we have been in battle for justice and freedom. How long we been reliant upon white people in positions of power to change their values, to release some of their own power, to give something up and allow black people a piece of the pie. This documentary suggests that we can liberate ourselves from that ideology and actually grab our own piece of the pie without waiting for white america to dole pieces of power out at their comfort and discretion. It offers us a tool to think and act upon what we need. Yes, the politics in this country are rooted in white supremacy. However, we need to start using the apparatus within our political institution to gain our freedom and liberate ourselves from white supremacy that exists in our healthcare systems, our education, our justice system, and our political system. An earlier review indicated that it isn't possible with the numbers. I counter that the entire premise of the documentary is to change the numbers game where we already have some advantage to improve our political power position while not aligning specifically with a party but with black power. It's chess not checkers and Charles blow conveys that powerfully in this documentary.
The Tender Bar (2021)
Time Capsule of a Movie
The love, the commitment and the music in this movie were wonderful. It all went perfectly well together. Life isn't perfect but love in an imperfect family is.
Time (2020)
Amazing
This film was amazing and moving on so many levels. Faith. Strength. Preserverence. Forgiveness. Love. All in one women, one man, one couple, one family. Amongst the foreground of a system that has historically attempted to demean, divide and devalue a group of people, black people, at every turn. A system, consisting people, that has often used christianity as their erroneous reason "why" while leaving out the part that tells them "why not". Human beings live behind every decision. The humans in this story showcased that they made a bad choice but they were made of much more than their choices. Beautifully documented.