By Gregory Crofton History comes alive in Stanley Nelson’s documentary about the Black Panthers, a revolutionary African-American political group that formed in 1966 to stop police brutality against their community. The Second Amendment — the right to bear arms —…
‘LET THE FIRE BURN’ Will Leave You With Raw Emotions and Questions
By Gregory Crofton A sure sign you’ve watched a good documentary is that trip you take to the computer after it’s ended to research where the issue stands, or to find out what people in the film are doing now.…
‘ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP’ is a Stone Cold Gas
By Gregory Crofton When he ran a game on you, his eyes flashed wide open to make a point. They opened so wide they looked like they were bulging out of his head. Iceberg Slim did that, the most famous…
MALCOLM X: MAKE IT PLAIN
Born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X was a prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and ’60s. Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam…