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A Black Panthers leader. A couple in love in midcentury America. A beauty queen who wants better for her daughter.
We recently asked an Austin expert for recommended movies to watch this Black History Month. Ya ke Smith is an associate professor of film at the University of Texas, as well as the Moody College of Communication s first associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion. He s also a celebrated filmmaker in his own right: Smith s debut feature, Wolf, premiered at South by Southwest in 2012, and shorts like Katrina s Son, Brother and dawn. have found audiences across the country.
Here are a few of the stories told by Black filmmakers that Smith thinks you should watch, in his own words.
Schitt s Creek concludes with season 6. (PopTV)
There’s nothing better than discovering a new series and finding out it has multiple seasons to binge.
If the latest lockdown announcement in the UK is making you wonder what to do with more free time, then it might be time to get stuck into a new show or have a movie marathon.
After saving the day during previous lockdowns with shows like
Tiger King and
The Queen’s Gambit, streaming services are still here to relieve you of any boredom and keep you distracted from real-life events for a bit.
Below we’ve listed some classic and new series and films you can binge throughout lockdown.
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Eva, who shares her two-year-old son Santiago Enrique Bastón, with husband José Bastón, 52, claims she s been overwhelmed with emotion amid the global coronavirus pandemic. It’s made everything I do, especially my philanthropic and charity work, more intense. It’s like, I have to do something!
Doing it for her son: Eva admits that becoming a mother to her son Santiago (right) has inspired her to aim higher in regards to her philanthropic and charity work also
Glam couple: Eva (left) married husband José Bastón in 2016. Pictured together at the 2019 amFAR Cannes Gala event
In recent years, Eva has used her fame to assist with charitable causes, whether it be promoting global gender equality movements like Time s Up, or focusing on helping those in her community.
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Although movie theaters continue to be closed as the pandemic rages on, we havenât been lacking in cinematic entertainment. VOD and streaming have become even more important safe havens for various movies to grab peopleâs attention, and one of the final films released in 2020 was Amazon Prime Videoâs
Sylvieâs Love, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asmugha. Well, this movie is clearly a critical hit judging by its impressive Rotten Tomatoes score.
At the time of this writing,
Sylvieâs Love has 96 professional reviews tallied on Rotten Tomatoes, and with a 92% Tomatometer, naturally itâs been Certified Fresh. While the Audience Score isnât quite as high for
Dec 29, 2020
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Christmas Day is one of the most popular days for studios to release some of their most significant projects of the year, and this year was no different, despite the ongoing pandemic. WarnerMedia premiered
Wonder Woman 1984 on Friday, Dec. 25, simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max to rousing yet polarizing comments from viewers. While it was one of the most talked-about releases this year, two other films released during the holiday season are equally deserving of that attention–Disney and Pixar’s
Souland Amazon Studios’
Sylvie s Love. They are far different from the superhero film, but they are both full of lessons about how we should live our lives, especially after enduring 2020.