“HIDDEN FIGURES”
Written by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, Directed by Melfi Staring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Jonelle Monae and Kevin Costner Like so many others of ALL ethnicities and genders, I’ve been sluggish since the election. Sluggish may be too kind a word....
“FENCES”
Directed by Denzel Washington & Written by August Wilson Starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen M. Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, and Mykelti Williamson A black man has dreams that are ignored by a cold and more often than not, racist society....
“LOVING” Starring Ruth Negga & Joel Edgerton
A Film Written & Directed by Jeff Nichols This Oscar season has nearly been obliterated in MY mind by the recent election. My mood has been dark and fearful, like so many others. I love movies and don’t appreciate the intrusion of this wacky turn of events in MY...
“What’s Past is Prologue”
Carroll O’Connor was Ireland to me. His love of language, literature and performance seemed to have been “fertilized” in the history and culture of Ireland. He was progressive, comfortable with diversity, pushing himself to be a part of the future...
Does that not matter?
Been in a fragile recovery – trying hard to find a way forward. I’ve read pieces in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Huffington Post, Daily Kos, watched some of SNL last Saturday night, have had many conversations with folks from coast to coast....
