In their new documentary, Attica (which I reviewed out of TIFF 2021), director Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution) and co-director Traci Curry examine the history and legacy of the 1971 prison uprising at the Attica Correctional […]

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No amount of brilliance and cultural significance can justify bad behavior, though Davis is hardly alone in his violence.

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I met with director Stanley Nelson on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, to discuss his latest documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, which premiered at Sundance (when I reviewed […]

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Tell Them We Are Rising tells a story that must be told, and tells it well...

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