Destination of old published stories.
PIVOT centers on 12-year-old Ashley who finds herself at odds with her mother’s expectations of femininity and the traditional image of what a girl should be. And it also addresses a lot more issues in these contentious times. Review by J Perez.
Vishavjit Singh is a New York City based illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com. For the past few years Vishavjit has been traveling across the country with his Sikh Captain America persona armed with a turban, beard and humor to tackle fear, anxiety, bigotry and intolerance. He uses storytelling as a tool to create a space for challenging conversations around identity, race, bias, vulnerability and how to be agents for change. – Review of the riveting animated story by Gregg W. Morris.
WORD Synopsis: It’s 1992, and Mina (played by Iva IIincic) has just graduated and believes that she’s met all of the expectations of her patriarchal father as well as the whims of her family and extended family. She’s been very…
Reviewed by Gregg W. Morris.
New York Latino Film Festival 2023 WORD Q&A with Calixto Chinchilla, Founder of the Festival The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), the nation’s premier Latino film festival kicks off Latino Heritage Month from September 15 (today) to 24, 2023 with…
“While in my own mind I always felt different. Although I didn’t belong in patches of America like Crystal City or Princeton or New Jersey, I always felt a deep connection to the country as a whole. It’s size and…
ROLLING ALONG resonates like an enigmatic, bittersweet, raconteuring memoir which also provided a compelling dish of Americana rarely seen on the Big Screen.
Bradley’s talking about intimately personal and professional moments and periods of his life – woven into a nonfiction film narrative – is arresting, especially because he is alluding to much bigger matters. It should be seen, and seen more than once. Serious filmgoers, cinephiles, aficionados and film buffs know good and really good films have to be seen more than once since it’s rare for viewers to understand all there is to a movie. – Review by Gregg W. Morris
Viewer discretion advised because this film belongs in that increasingly popular subgenre of films made by moviemakers regaled by audiences who salivate over their tasteless and downright disgusting content. PIGLADY is ladled with oodles and oodles of gratuitous nudity, relentless unrealistic ferocity and dosages of Schadenfreude. – Review by By Gregg W. Morris
A telling piece of movie making about the rite of passage, coming of age, for Grace, 6 years old, British West Indian, who becomes aware that many White Brits despize West Indian People of Color. Her mom and aunt struggle – as their parents and their parents’ parents before them – about how to raise their their kids to deal with a cursed legacy. What should they do, what they shouldn’t do. – Review by Gregg W. Morris.
SEVAP/MITZVAH is a riveting, edge-of-the-seat gem of extraordinary finesse and storytelling. The plot: A Muslim woman, Zejneba Hardaga (played by Helena Vukovic) convinces her family to risk their lives to save the woman’s Jewish friend, Rifka Kabiljo, played by Magdalena…