Another biopic. Oscar winning film. Cert 12, 5060002837757 Fox Pictures 2015. See the tag #blacklivesmatter During the civil rights struggle Dr Martin Luther King led a protest March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Special features are audio commentary, trailer and making of docs. David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey. You might like 12 Years A Slave, Malcolm X, Bamboozled, Amistad, The Butler. Read the books I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou, Long walk to feed by Nelson Mandela, 12 years a slave by Solomon Northup and Dreams from my father by Barack Obama. Contains violence and strong language. Thought provoking. Listen to Mississippi Goddamn by Nina Simone. Great work by the cast. The actress playing the wife is attractive. There are supremacists that try to discredit the black leaders. You will recognise people. Good to research on their individual lives. Various crimes are still commited, police brutality. Shocking true events. The elder cast members may have lived through these events. Some super black feminists to follow on Twitter. Some good music. Take a look at this movie.
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Friday, 19 June 2015
Black Lives Matter
Another biopic. Oscar winning film. Cert 12, 5060002837757 Fox Pictures 2015. See the tag #blacklivesmatter During the civil rights struggle Dr Martin Luther King led a protest March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Special features are audio commentary, trailer and making of docs. David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey. You might like 12 Years A Slave, Malcolm X, Bamboozled, Amistad, The Butler. Read the books I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou, Long walk to feed by Nelson Mandela, 12 years a slave by Solomon Northup and Dreams from my father by Barack Obama. Contains violence and strong language. Thought provoking. Listen to Mississippi Goddamn by Nina Simone. Great work by the cast. The actress playing the wife is attractive. There are supremacists that try to discredit the black leaders. You will recognise people. Good to research on their individual lives. Various crimes are still commited, police brutality. Shocking true events. The elder cast members may have lived through these events. Some super black feminists to follow on Twitter. Some good music. Take a look at this movie.
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