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Advocate for justice honors humanity of all
Chris ByrdJUST MERCY: A STORY OF JUSTICE AND REDEMPTION By Bryan Stevenson Published by Spiegel and Grau, $28In his affecting new memoir, Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson recalls one night in the mid-1980s...
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Book on Katrina is ambitious, flawed
Chris ByrdKATRINA: AFTER THE FLOOD By Gary Rivlin Published by Simon and Schuster, $27 Released in August to coincide with the hurricane's 10th anniversary, Gary Rivlin's Katrina is an ambitious,...
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New documentary explores the 'Good Trouble' instigated by the late John Lewis
John Lewis 6 c.jpg John Lewis in "John Lewis: Good Trouble," a Magnolia Pictures release. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures) Homegoing celebrations for revered civil rights leader and Democratic Georgia...
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'Chicago 7' film about iconic '60s trial disappoints
C7-04035R c.jpg From left to right: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Bobby Seale, Ben Shenkman as Leonard Weinglass, Mark Rylance as William Kuntsler, Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden, and Alex Sharp as Rennie...
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Despite its flaws, biography adds to our understanding of Malcolm X
master-pnp-ppmsc-01200-01274u CROP2.jpg The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X By Les Payne and Tamara Payne 640 pages; Liveright $35.00 "I had entered Bushnell Hall as a Negro with a capital N...
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Showtime's 'American Rust' might puzzle fans of the original novel
10.30.21 BYRD AmericanRust.jpg Maura Tierney and Jeff Daniels star in "American Rust," based on a 2009 novel of the same name and streaming on Showtime. (SHOWTIME/Matthias Clamer) Fans of Philipp...
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Showtime documentary captures the brutality of 1971 Attica uprising
1.29.22 Attica review.jpg Showtime's documentary "Attica" premiered Nov. 6. (Showtime) "Attica! Attica! Attica!" bank robber Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) chants, defying NYPD officers' attempts to...
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Vital, challenging film tackles America's original sin
11.jpg Jeffery Robinson at New York City's Town Hall in "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics/Jesse Wakeman) Suddenly becoming guardian of his nephew...
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Flawed documentary chronicles momentous year in prominent attorney's life
7.16.22 Ben Crump documentary lead.jpg The documentary "Civil: Ben Crump" chronicles Crump's life from agreeing to represent George Floyd's family in May 2020 to the April 2021 verdict that found...
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Ambitious Holocaust documentary displays better history than filmmaking
9.17.22 immigrants.jpg Immigrants wait at Ellis Island to be transferred Oct. 30, 1912. (PBS/ Library of Congress) "Jews will not replace us." In one of the more jarring and ugly manifestations of...
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