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“Reboot” can be crass and has much room to improve, but with investments of time and care, could flower out of the seed of a vision. 

‘Barbie’ is an entertaining, meaningful piece of filmmaking with a heartfelt message.

Summit Station, the longest running lesbian bar in Ohio, was one of the places that made lesbian community possible.

White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.

Although Christmas is a time of year for love and cheer for all, holiday cinema has not always represented diverse communities. Being a holiday with Christian origins, much of its media consists of straight white families or straight white romances. Luckily, modern years have been bringing with them plenty of POC and LGBTQ+ representation that the holidays so desperately need.

Ricky Staub’s Concrete Cowboy, based on Greg Neri’s novel "Ghetto Cowboy", tells the story of a young teenager forced to adapt to a new lifestyle.