Corey Hawkins

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  'The Piano Lesson' Strikes a Healing Chord

  Directed by Malcolm Washington

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2024

  Eight years after Denzel Washington brought August Wilson's play 'Fences' to cinematic life, another Washington is trying his hand at one of...

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  'The Color Purple' Is a Vivid Depiction of Resilience

  Directed by Blitz Bazawule

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2023

  In 1967, Malcolm X famously declared, "The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America i...

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  'The Last Voyage of the Demeter' Overcomes Choppy Conditions for a Worthwhile Journey

  Directed by André Øvredal

  PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2023

  Despite some choppy storytelling, André Øvredal's The Last Voyage of the Demeter is largely the sort of welcome Hammer-style throwback that...

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  'In the Heights' Is a Worthy Culmination of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Vision

  Directed by Jon M. Chu

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2021

  I'm not alone in wanting to speak up for 2010's Step Up 3D, but it might be strange to do so here, when director Jon M. Chu's career has ta...