NO RUNNING Film Review – 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Online World Premier, Juneteenth Programming

NO RUNNING seem to have the elements of a winning formula – talented filmmakers, actors, actresses, writers, producers and moolah – for a stellar movie about racial injustice by drawing on B-movie sci-fi trappings and UFO abductions. Add to that imaginative approach the filmmakers drawing on their personal racial injustice experiences growing up. With so many Blacks and People of Color murdered, shot and brutalized by police, there were expectations the film would flex some panache. Well, writes reviewer Gregg W. Morris, we should never forget how the best laid plans of mice and men – and filmmakers – often go …

2021 Tribeca Film Festival Preview
BLINDSPOTTING

BLINDSPOTTING (2021) centers on Ashley, who is trying to come up to speed on a middle-class life in Oakland until Miles, her partner of 12 years and father of their son, is suddenly incarcerated, requiring her to navigate a chaotic and comedic existential crisis when she is forced to move in with Miles’ mother and half-sister – OMG! So, who is Ashley? Who is Miles. Read more to come up to speed!
By Gregg W. Morris

2021 Tribeca Film Festival Preview, Short Documentary: THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL: One of the Greatest Living Woman Basketball Player to Ever Step on a Court and If You Don’t Know About Her That’s About to Change

A 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Preview, story documentary: THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL. Lead her team to three national trophies. She played in the ‘76 Olympics. Drafted by he NBA. Have you ever heard of Lucy Harris? By Gregg W. Morris: Twenty-one minutes long? We want more.

Quarantined Until Further Notice: A Photo Journalism Piece by a WORD Reporter Getting Ready for the Light at the end of the Tunnel

WORD reporter Niamh McAuliffe writes: Hunter hasn’t decided, as I’m wrapping up this article, about how classes are to be taught in fall, 2021; yet, I see this as the step in the right direction and a real sign that I and other students could be returning to what student life was like before we ever heard of the Coronavirus.

Film Review
Mr. GAGA: A True Story of Love and Dance (2015)

Mr. GAGA is a compelling account of the life of internationally famous Israeli choreographer and contemporary dancer, Ohad Naharin. Through vivid depiction of Naharin, we learn of the rigor and courage it can take for a human being to live an honorable life. His Gaga technique is a movement language intended to help dancers raise physical awareness by focusing on the rhythm of their bodies, letting them direct their movement and the pleasure that movement brings. – Review by WORD Entertainment Editor Anakeiry Cruz