Why It Makes Sense That There Are Black Actors In “The Rings of Power”
Like many things, like animals and people, they always evolve. When the first humans walked the Earth, they originated from Africa and were all black.

In the midst of the 2017 Chechen gay purge, a young gay man is arrested, tortured, and forced into an impossible choice: betray the people he loves or die for them. He must summon the courage to defy a system determined to erase him.
Like many things, like animals and people, they always evolve. When the first humans walked the Earth, they originated from Africa and were all black.
"WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE?!!!!" "EVERYTHING!!!!!" This is but one of a multitude of highly emphatic questions, and subsequent answers, being asked in the newest feature film from one of the current masters of horror, Jordan Peele ("Get Out", "Us" and "Nope"). I must give Peele credit in that he continues to push the boundaries of specific genres and their associated tropes in order to provide what ends up amounting to subtly then jarringly intense, yet still character and story-driven, cinema that speaks more to indie stylings than mainstream.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
After years of mediocrity, Thunderbolts* is the welcome change MCU fans were waiting for.
The actions that Verity confesses to are tragic. But the way to prevent those actions isn’t to force the related emotions into the shadows.
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.