First Secretary in the Village 

A family adventure film that features Hawaiian culture with a representative director and a diverse cast.

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There’s been a longstanding criticism of sci-fi films about its lack of Black characters. For the past few years, Anthony Mackie has been successfully representing Black masculinity in the otherwise homogenous genre and I am here for it.

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