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Sundance 2013 Review: 'God Loves Uganda'

By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 28, 2013 3:00 PM
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By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 26, 2013 10:50 PM
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Festivals

Another Sundance Film Festival comes to a close, with the usual Awards ceremony celebrating this year's winners.

By Zeba Blay
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January 26, 2013 7:27 PM
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By Zeba Blay
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January 26, 2013 7:25 PM
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By Zeba Blay
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January 23, 2013 5:54 PM
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By Zeba Blay
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January 21, 2013 1:14 PM
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It would be unfair to call The Stuart Hall Project a simple documentary. The film, directed by John Akomfrah, is a visual and sonic excursion into the life and philosophies of the Jamaican-born intellectual, a finely crafted collage of memory, distilling hundreds of hours of archival footage of Hall, and exploring not only his life story but the story of the 20th century, in many ways intertwined with his own. In the the 1960s, Hall came to prominence as an important thinker in the UK, fearlessly sharing his ideas on race, class, and the social structure as it related to the black people of Britain and around the world. Hall was interested in breaking down the structures of society, power, and political institutions in relation to how they impacted and indeed were tied to the plight of the black man.

By Zeba Blay
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January 20, 2013 8:53 PM
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By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 20, 2013 7:08 PM
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Director Dawn Porter's Gideon's Army is summarized as follows: 3 young, idealistic public defenders in the Deep South - Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick - struggle against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads to ensure justice is served for America’s forgotten poor.

By Zeba Blay
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January 19, 2013 8:16 PM
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Newlyweeds, the debut feature of writer-director Shaka King, is many things. It is an intriguing new take on the stoner comedy, the romantic comedy, and one might even say the “black comedy.”

By Sergio
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January 19, 2013 4:15 PM
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Video

And, in a case of perfect timing, coming up right behind Zeba's review of The Invitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, is this video interview with director George Tillman Jr. and executive producer and composer Alicia Keys, which they did with The Hollywood Reporter, revealing some background on the making of the film.