Netflix’s “Self Made”: What's Fact and What's Fiction?
Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.

Bosnian Franciscan monk is put into an infamous prison in Istanbul. There he witnesses the sad destiny of a young Ottoman scholar.
Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.
“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”
The film is a powerful narrative encompassing a theme that many people can identify with.
Sweetheart provides a stark example of self-isolation taken to its extreme.
'Ganja & Hess' is a 1973 experimental horror film, written and directed by the visionary auteur Bill Gunn. It was meant to be a straightforward blaxploitation film – but director Gunn had grander ambitions.
An uncomplicated, family-oriented man struggles to adjust to an ever-changing world, especially after suffering a loss. Even for the early 1900s, a less complicated time in many ways than now, Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) is a simple man.