“Obama Anak Menteng” or “Obama the Menteng Kid”, is set in the upscale Jakarta neighbourhood of Menteng, where Obama lived from 1967 to 1971 with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. Co-director Damien Dematra said it showed the US president in a light that Americans might find strang...
The proliferation of streaming platforms reliant on free-flowing programming pipelines has led to the development of new versions of shows such as “Battlestar Galactica” and “True Blood” that last aired when Barack Obama was president. That same industry-shaking shift away from linear and ...
New York City Mayor Ed Koch dedicated a plaque honoring Rustin in August 1989 that’s located in Ralph Bunche Park in Manhattan. In 2013, Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rustin Movie Parrish Lewis//Netflix Colman Domingo, right, plays Bayard Rustin ...
GOLD is a film directed by Stephen Gaghan, written by Patrick Masset and John Zinman, and produced by Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Nozik. GOLD stars Matthey McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, and Bryce Dallas Howard. GOLD is a film inspired by a true story that depicts the story of a man’s pu...
With the White House segments of the film starting in the oppressive Eisenhower years, it offers a presidential level insight into the historic freedom movements of the 1960’s, all the way through until the day that Barack Obama is elected president in 2008. I am going to argue that ...
The brothers departed Miramax in 2005 to found The Weinstein Company, a new venture that produced similar results. The King’s Speech (2010) about King George VI and The Artist (2011) both claimed Best Picture honors at the Academy Awards, while Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The Butler (...
With the Civil Rights Act, and the election America’s first Black president Barack Obama, in 2008, America was gradually becoming a post-racial society after a long history of racism that dates back to the 17th century. History, in conjunction with current events, exposes how America, “the...
and singular talent, Sidney Poitier epitomized dignity and grace, revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together," Barack Obama said in atweet. Denzel Washington called him "a gentle man [who] opened doors for all of us that had been closed for years" in an interview withPeople...
These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life. latest TV Lists The West Wing Cast: Where They Are Today The West Wing is widely hailed as one of the best political shows ever made. Here's a ...
Obama Movies Yield Boom, Bust Over Opening Weekends The market for films addressing Barack Obama's 2008 presidential candidacy and his term to date in the Oval Office has proven volatile at best: Hagiographies like the all-access, Edward Norton-produced By the People co-exist alongside a cotta...