Puzzle

  First, Kaepernick.  Don’t have much to add here.  My father, uncles, cousins, good friends are all veterans so I’ve always stood for the national anthem out of respect for them.  But if the man doesn’t want to do it, and he’s expressed why he doesn’t want to do it, I’ve been there too.  And […]

Skeletons

  Man… So, we have mutual friends (who all speak highly of him) but I’ve never met Nate.  I’ve been tracking ‘Birth of a Nation’ since Sundance and I’ve been on board with every new bit of marketing that has perfectly touched the right nerves. Then, the skeletons started re-emerging in this case, out of […]

‘Beyond the Lights’

  Let’s start with something I retweeted this morning… Black women directors have been on a roll lately — Wash 👏🏾your 👏🏾hands👏🏾 (@FeministaJones) November 23, 2014 Yes…yes it is. Beyond the Lights brings Gina Prince-Bythewood back to the writer/director chair and it was well worth the wait in my opinion.  The pitch is a classic Hollywood […]