Sentences with phrase «black cast tells»

A movie like Black Panther that's set in Africa with a predominantly black cast tells black audiences in particular that they, too, can be heroic and that their stories belong in the larger cultural canon.

Not exact matches

He didn't exactly choose an easy project for a first film, as black comedy is a very difficult style of film to pull off, and with a cast of very seasoned actors to have to tell precisely what to do, Guthe very well could have lost control and focus on the project and turned in a disaster.

THE WRAP — Rian Johnson is directing the sci - fi sequel, which Disney and Lucasfilm will release on May 26, 2017 Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez («Jane the Virgin»), Golden Globe nominee Tatiana Maslany («Orphan Black») and «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl» star Olivia Cooke are considered the top contenders for the new female lead in Rian Johnson «s «Star Wars: Episode VIII,» multiple individuals familiar with the casting situation told TheWrap.

Fences Rated PG - 13 for thematic elements, language and some suggestive references Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93 % Built off of the original Broadway production from playwright and screenwriter August Wilson, and starring basically the same cast, Fences tells the story of a black garbage collector in 1950s Pittsburgh (Denzel Washington) who boasts of the days he used to play ball in the Negro Leagues before the color barrier was broken, while his wife (Oscar - winner Viola Davis) and family struggle under his drinking, cheating and temper.

Featuring a creepy and eerie tone, at least what we can tell from the screenplay written years ago, the casting of Scarlett Johansson as the lead — a black widow - like alien who lures prey in with her sexual charms — seems like an inspired choice.

Watch the cast of Black Panther get introduced at the premiere by Ryan Coogler (at the 4:57 mark of the video below) and try to tell me you're not emotional too.

That may seem like stating the obvious for a movie that features an all - black cast and tells the tale of an African king ruling over a never - conquered nation, but it doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the film's layers.

This speaks, of course, of larger industry problems, of issues of funding and distribution, of what stories get made and marketed to larger audiences, of which films get studio backing, which stars get cast, etc. but it nevertheless seemed rather telling that stories of young black men and cross-cultural relationships, and foreign films about burgeoning and belated sexual awakenings end up ghettoized this way.

Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, The Given Day tells the story of two families — one black, one white — swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power.

From the legendary Blackbeard to the violent and malicious Charles Vane — Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag brings together a cast of historical figures unlike any other to tell the true story of the Golden Age of Pirates.

«For come, tell me, can there be anything more delightful than to see, as it were, here now displayed before us a vast lake of bubbling pitch with a host of snakes and serpents and lizards, and ferocious and terrible creatures of all sorts swimming about in it, while from the middle of the lake there comes a plaintive voice saying: «Knight, whosoever thou art who beholdest this dread lake, if thou wouldst win the prize that lies hidden beneath these dusky waves, prove the valour of thy stout heart and cast thyself into the midst of its dark burning waters, else thou shalt not be worthy to see the mighty wonders contained in the seven castles of the seven Fays that lie beneath this black expanse;» and then the knight, almost ere the awful voice has ceased, without stopping to consider, without pausing to reflect upon the danger to which he is exposing himself, without even relieving himself of the weight of his massive armour, commending himself to God and to his lady, plunges into the midst of the boiling lake, and when he little looks for it, or knows what his fate is to be, he finds himself among flowery meadows, with which the Elysian fields are not to be compared.»

He or she will tell you how much red, blue, black or yellow is in the mix and will give you a better idea of what color will be cast on the wall..