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‘Just As I Am’: Cicely Tyson Reflects On Her Long Career

In a memoir, Cicely Tyson recalls an improbable journey through a six-decade career. She says several roles “hurt me deeply because it happened simply because of the color of my skin and my sex.”

Naomi Watts Talks Her Unlikely Bond With A Bird In ‘Penguin Bloom’

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Naomi Watts about her role in the new movie Penguin Bloom. Watts plays a woman adjusting to life in a wheelchair after an accident.

Mexico’s Oscar-Winning Directors Embrace Rise Of Fernando Frías De La Parra

Director Fernando Frías de la Parra’s Netflix film I’m No Longer Here is Mexico’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. “He’s truly original,” says Roma director Alfonso Cuarón.

Director Radu Ciorniciuc Discusses His New Documentary, ‘ACASA, MY HOME’

NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Romanian director Radu Ciorniciuc about his documentary ACASA, MY HOME. It’s about a family living in an abandoned urban landfill.

In ‘White Tiger,’ A Dickensian Rags-To-Riches Story Turns Psychological Thriller

In this adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel, a young man defies the odds by escaping poverty in a rapidly globalizing India. The White Tiger is a dark satire — with an eat-the-rich ethos.

Director Ramin Bahrani On The Book That Inspired Netflix’s ‘The White Tiger’

NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks with director Ramin Bahrani, about his new film The White Tiger, based on the acclaimed novel.

‘In & Of Itself’ Is A Study Of Identity And Magic

Derek DelGaudio’s successful off-Broadway show has been given a marvelous film adaptation that captures the stage production’s delicate and humane tone.

Netflix’s ‘Cops And Robbers’ Touted As An Early Oscar Contender

NPR’s Noel King talks to the team associated with Cops and Robbers which combines animation with activism, with themes of childhood innocence and traumatic realities of racial injustice.

Brothers by Blood (2021)

Opens Friday, Jan 22, 2021Movie Details Play Trailers

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2021)

Opens Friday, Jan 22, 2021Movie Details

Documentary Exposes How The FBI Tried To Destroy MLK With Wiretaps, Blackmail

MLK/FBI director Sam Pollard chronicles the FBI’s campaign against Martin Luther King Jr., which included sending King a letter suggesting that he kill himself.

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