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Netflix Released Their Black History Month Content For ‘Black Leads’: What’s On It?

#BlackHistorymonth #Netflix #Movies #AfricanAmerican Black History Month is here and there’s a huge amount of content in film, songs, and literary works to commemorate the efforts and achievements of African Americans. In inclusion to Google dropping its campaign business in occasion with this thirty days, the Emmy-winning membership solution features introduced its formal black colored prospects set of movies in honor of this next 28 times. Here are seven films that members would be the many stoked up about. Ali The 2001 biographical recreations crisis stars Will Smith as boxing legend, Muhammed Ali. The movie shows 10 years of Ali’s life – from 1964 to 1974. Some of this significant places Ali focuses on are their capture of this heavyweight title from fellow boxer Sonny Liston, their religious transformation to Islam, their community critique for the Vietnam War that triggered significant backlash, their banishment from boxing, their return boxing-in 1971, and f...

Bob Marley’s 1976 Shooting Investigated in for Netflix’s ‘ReMastered’

bob marley lives by benheine         #BobMarley #Netflix #ReMastered #Documentary Documentary series with a close look at the reggae superstar’s attempted assassination Who shot Bob Marley? After 42 years, the reggae superstar’s attempted assassination remains one of music’s biggest unsolved mysteries. In a new trailer for Netflix’s ReMastered, an investigative documentary team hints at possible answers. ReMastered will dive into eight music mysteries beginning October 12th, with one episode coming to the streaming service each month through May 2019. First up is “Who Shot the Sheriff?”, a close look at the brazen December 1976 attempt on Marley’s life. The attack, which took place at Marley’s Kingston mansion just days before he was scheduled to perform at a high-profile concert for peace, has inspired much writing over the years, including novelist Marlon James’ Man Booker Prize-winning 2015 work A Brief History of Seven Killings. “Why would anybody...

‘Dolemite’ Is Set in the 1970s, but It’s Really About Showbiz Today

#EddieMurphy #Dolemite #Netflix Rudy Ray Moore was “breezy and funny” in his standup comedy,  Variety  declared in a 1970 review at the California Sahara nightclub in South Central L.A. Five years later, a  Variety  film critic saw Moore’s “Dolemite” and sighed “Dull-emite is a more apt title.” Netflix’s “ Dolemite Is My Name ” covers Moore’s career in those years, and the film is a total winner, yet a mass of contradictions. First, the dialogue features a steady stream of raunch and vulgarities but audiences describe the film as sweet. Second, “For a movie that took 15 years to make, this one happened very fast,” says Larry Karaszewski, who wrote the socko script with Scott Alexander. Third, while Netflix’s film is set in the 1970s, it’s really about today. Moore battled industry indifference and racism, and ended up starring in films, starting with the 1975 “Dolemite.” Alexander adds that the movie is about “black performers who are segregated, who are...

Golden Globes 2020: Here Is the Full List of Nominations

#GoldenGlobes #RickyGervais #BeverlyHilton #Netflix #TV, #Movies The 77th Golden Globe Awards will be held on Jan. 5, 2020, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Ricky Gervais will host the ceremony. Streaming services dominated the  Golden Globes nominations , with Netflix leading the way in the film categories. Greta Gerwig , Robert De Niro and “Cats” were notably absent from this year’s  movies nominations . “Watchmen”  and “Game of Thrones” were among some of TV’s biggest  snubs and surprises. See the list of nominees below. Best Motion Picture, Drama “1917” “The Irishman” “Joker” “Marriage Story” “The Two Popes” Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy “Dolemite Is My Name” “Jojo Rabbit” “Knives Out” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” “Rocketman” Best Director, Motion Picture Bong Joon Ho ,  “Parasite” Sam Mendes, “1917” Todd Phillips,  “Joker” Martin Scorsese,  “The Irishman” Quentin Ta...