For the ‘I’ film, we turn to the crime thriller with strong civli rights themes, the 1967 In the Heat of the Night directed by Normal Jewison and is based on the novel of the sane name by John Ball. The film is set in the town of Sparta in Mississippi, USA, following the murder of prominent local businessman Phillip
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The new film by director Theodore Melfi is the drama Hidden Figures which follows the tale of 3 african american ladies working in different jobs at Nasa through the 1960’s. It is co written by Melfi with Allison Schroeder, based on the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. The three ladies are each working to attempt to support the
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13th is a 2016 documentary from Netflix studios, that looks into the linkages that run from slavery in the US in the 1800’s through to the existing mass incarceration that exists today. Directed by Ava DuVernay the film includes input from a number of leading voices for equal rights, and justice from the US, with further input from former US
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