The Great Patriotic War. Seven peasants from the village of Dalva are transporting collected grain by wagon to the village of Tartak. On the way, they are stopped by Nazi punitive forces. To shield themselves from the bullets of local resistance fighters, the soldiers force the peasants to march at the front of their column. Suddenly, the partisans launch an attack on the Germans.
While it is more than established that Halston’s life is far from a fairytale, the narrative suffers as a result of the decision to revolve more around sex and drugs than his artistry, it likely does a disservice to his cultural impact by pulling focus from his achievements.
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
'Do Revenge' offers a 2022-relevant sociopolitical commentary that decries virtue signaling while promoting the inclusive virtues the nefarious power structures exploit.
Crazy Rich Asians. The title is tacky, but the actual movie is both heartwarming and cosmopolitan. After all, it takes place in Singapore!
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.
When the world lost Chadwick Boseman on August 28, 2020, we all saw the impact of representation in film. Boseman was not only a Black superhero leading a Black cast in one of the most successful films in history; but his successes paved the way for more, long-overdue diversity in Hollywood.
