Sentences with phrase «about black teenagers»
This new documentary about black teenagers fighting to stay afloat in rural North Carolina maintains the urgent, socially - engaged tradition of Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams).
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The verdict comes about three years after rioting broke out in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson when an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer.
After releasing a documentary on Kalief Browder, who spent three years awaiting trial on Rikers Island and committed suicide two years after he was finally released, the two are now prepping a series of projects about Trayvon Martin — the 17 - year - old black teenager who was stalked and fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Florida in 2012.
From that address in 2006 a narrative was sent with the subject heading «How My Little Brother Learned to Be a Whore,» in the body of which was a story about how one black teenager sodomizes and pimps his younger brother.
While Thomas W. Kiennast's black - and - white cinematography is quite beautiful to behold (Gröning's film certainly features some excellent cinematographic moments as well), Atef's film never manages to convey why we should care, today, about this brief moment in Schneider's well - documented life, including her never - ending struggle with the German press, her inability to escape the role of Sissi that made her instantly famous as a teenager, and the various tragedies that befell her, including the suicide of her ex - husband.7 The film is not a biopic per se (and Atef declared that she did not intend to make one): thus, audiences who are not already familiar with Schneider certainly will not come away from viewing the film with much of a sense of her life's story); yet, given it is not a biopic, one wonders what the film is, or what it tries to accomplish.
When the writer - director's debut, Pariah, about a black lesbian teenager coming to terms with her sexuality, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, it was a darling with critics and was bought by distributor Focus Features.
Aggressively Sundance - y on paper — a quirky coming of age tale about a misfit teenager who doesn't fit in, his unlikely black friend, and the terminally ill, cancer - ridden girl he befriends — one would be understanding of the reluctant viewer wary of indie movie clichés.
But, however unlikely, Heidelberg is the setting of Morris From America, a dramedy about a black American teenager who's struggling to break into the rap scene while...
One of the standout titles is «3 1/2 Minutes,» a documentary about the 2012 killing of a black teenager by a white man over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station.
A number of films touching on controversial subjects during the past year also made the cut including The Hunting Ground, about campus rape; 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets, about the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white man in Florida; Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief, an in - depth look at the Church of Scientology; Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom, which chronicles the unrest in the Eastern European country; and He Named Me Malala, about the young girl who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for being outspoken about her country's education system.
The film is about four teenagers who are sucked into the jungle world, and stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black.
Unfolding on a long, hot July night in 1967 Detroit, it depicts what is known as the Algiers Motel Incident (the title of a well - known book by John Hersey about that night), in which three unarmed black teenagers were shot and killed by a group of law enforcement officers.
Moonlight, about the three stages of the life a queer, black boy to teenager to man, is the second film from Jenkins and this week was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (Ali).
Given the national discourse at the moment, a film like Monster — adapted from a lauded young - adult novel about a black Harlem teenager navigating a biased justice system — seems like something that could demand serious attention.
B + The Central Park Five Not Rated Available on DVD and Blu - ray Documentarian Ken Burns, famous for his award - winning stories about American history, tackles a great injustice played upon five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were arrested and convicted for raping a white woman in Central Park in 1989.
Jason, a thin teenager with a crew cut and clunky black boots, replies that it's about molecules, which invites the former science teacher...
These teenagers, who are black, white, Korean, Puerto Rican, Indian, have come to Plainfield High School in the wake of a snowstorm to talk about prejudice with their peers, to analyze the true meaning of slang, to «rap about race.»
«The plans that have been approved about how individuals could be a part of this program... someone like George Zimmerman could get a job,» said Rep. Shevrin Jones (D - West Park), referring to the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in 2012.
Great idea, teenagers often want a black room, I wrote about that here: http://www.mariakillam.com/vancouver-colour-expert-answers-the-question-why-your-teenager-wants-a-black-room/ Hope that helps, Maria