… Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & Black Panther take me to lunch!
This article features part one in its entirety. If you’d prefer to skip it scroll down to the paragraph break Core Business- it’s all caps and in bold. If you can I’d like you to read this from the beginning. I’ve made some changes albeit small ones I feel were warranted.
My apologies for the long delay.
The Black Panthers were at one time the number one target of the FBI in the 60s. They were viewed as terrorists and J. Edger Hoover the longtime leader of the most powerful police force in the world was hell bent on getting rid of them by hook or by crook.
Yep, hook or crook.
It’s no secret the United States Government from time to time will ignore the law. It’s fair to say it goes on...
This article features part one in its entirety. If you’d prefer to skip it scroll down to the paragraph break Core Business- it’s all caps and in bold. If you can I’d like you to read this from the beginning. I’ve made some changes albeit small ones I feel were warranted.
My apologies for the long delay.
The Black Panthers were at one time the number one target of the FBI in the 60s. They were viewed as terrorists and J. Edger Hoover the longtime leader of the most powerful police force in the world was hell bent on getting rid of them by hook or by crook.
Yep, hook or crook.
It’s no secret the United States Government from time to time will ignore the law. It’s fair to say it goes on...
- 2/15/2017
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
In the 1960s, the Black Panthers were the number one target of the FBI. They were viewed as terrorists and J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime leader of the most powerful police force in the world, was hell bent on getting rid of them by hook or by crook.
Yep, hook or crook.
It’s no secret the United States Government from time to time will ignore the law. It’s fair to say it goes on often and as far as we know it goes on all the time. When caught, those who swore to uphold the constitution offer apologies for actions that dismissed the law like Trump denies any negative press.
But it’s all bullshit.
If not caught these people may have stopped breaking the law, but it’s doubtful they would have been sorry. I gather few are sorry for wrongdoing that benefits them. How many people...
Yep, hook or crook.
It’s no secret the United States Government from time to time will ignore the law. It’s fair to say it goes on often and as far as we know it goes on all the time. When caught, those who swore to uphold the constitution offer apologies for actions that dismissed the law like Trump denies any negative press.
But it’s all bullshit.
If not caught these people may have stopped breaking the law, but it’s doubtful they would have been sorry. I gather few are sorry for wrongdoing that benefits them. How many people...
- 1/20/2017
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
And now we’ve arrived at the end of the calendar year. As the final push for year-end viewing continues at a furious pace, some of the last unknown films of 2016 will finally make their way to audiences. To help focus your viewing choices, here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
If you’re interested in what still might be in a theater near you, check out our November Release Guide. For those curious what 2017 might bring, you can also visit our calendar page, which has releases through the beginning of the new year.
Happy watching!
Week of December 2 Wide
Incarnate
Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, John Pirruccello, Keir O’Donnell, Matthew Nable
Synopsis: A scientist with the ability to enter the...
If you’re interested in what still might be in a theater near you, check out our November Release Guide. For those curious what 2017 might bring, you can also visit our calendar page, which has releases through the beginning of the new year.
Happy watching!
Week of December 2 Wide
Incarnate
Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, John Pirruccello, Keir O’Donnell, Matthew Nable
Synopsis: A scientist with the ability to enter the...
- 12/1/2016
- by Alec McPike and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
From Jonathan Levine, the acclaimed director of 50/50, comes the new Nsfw trailer and poster for The Night Before.
Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity.
Now that they’re entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
The two funniest moments from the trailer without a doubt: re-enacting the scene from Big and the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from Miley Cyrus singing “Wrecking Ball.” Hilarious stuff!
Also starring Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell, Mindy Kaling and Michael Shannon, The Night Before opens November 25, 2015.
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Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity.
Now that they’re entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
The two funniest moments from the trailer without a doubt: re-enacting the scene from Big and the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from Miley Cyrus singing “Wrecking Ball.” Hilarious stuff!
Also starring Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell, Mindy Kaling and Michael Shannon, The Night Before opens November 25, 2015.
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www.Twitter/TheNightBefore_
www.Instagram.com/NightBefore
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(L-r) Writer Evan Goldberg, actors Anthony Mackie,...
- 7/28/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: It’s tempting to say that Alessandro Nivola lives a charmed life, and that might be true if he weren’t working so hard. He’s Zelig in plain sight: At this moment in time you can see him in Selma as Justice Department civil rights lawyer John Doar, who would become the lead prosecutor in the government’s case against the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. And you can see him on the other side of the mirror, as a mobbed-up oil distributor and bete noir of Oscar Isaacs in A Most Violent Year. He played another nemesis, FBI agent Anthony Amado, on the trail of Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. And he’s still batting it around with Cooper, but now on Broadway, where he plays Frederick Treves, the humanistic doctor who rescues Cooper’s John Merrick – Aka the Elephant Man – from life in a freak show booth.
- 1/26/2015
- by Jeremy Gerard
- Deadline
'Selma' movie review: Politically salient in the early 21st century and 'beautiful in all the ways of cinema' (photo: David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. in 'Selma') The title of director Ava DuVernay's historical drama Selma tells us what the film is about, while implying what it isn't about. In other words, Selma is not about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- wonderfully played by British actor David Oyelowo -- even though the reverend is the film's gravitational center and its emotional weight accrues to him. Just like what took place in Selma, Alabama, back in 1965. In fact, Oyelowo's presence is as transfixing as that of the young Ben Kingsley in his transformative interpretation of Gandhi in Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 titular classic about one of Dr. King's inspirational figures. Unlike Gandhi, however, Selma is a single canvas on which a few months in Dr.
- 1/3/2015
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Earlier in the week, The Guardian reported from the Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Hidden Heroes awards that Steve McQueen announced his next project would be a biopic about singer/actor/civil-rights activist Paul Robeson. That doesn’t appear to be the case, however, as The Hollywood Reporter reports the Oscar-winning director will next direct an adaptation of the 1980s British TV series Widows. McQueen has been a big fan of the show since he saw it as a teenager. The series focused on three wives of armed robbers. After their husbands were killed in a heist, the women (along with a fourth recruit) use their husband’s old books and accounts of past robberies to pull off a raid themselves. McQueen’s version will be set Stateside, probably because most Americans can only picture British people stealing tea bags and digestive biscuits.
- 11/20/2014
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
Before Steve McQueen directed features like "Hunger," "Shame," and the Best Picture-winning "12 Years a Slave," he was a video artist whose work appeared in museums and galleries. "End Credits" was one such work, an audio/video installation projecting pages of the FBI’s McCarthy-era investigation of actor-activist Paul Robeson while a voiceover reads the reports’ cringe-worthy details aloud. McQueen’s topical explorations took experimental shape, many fascinations that first popped up in visual art have crept into his big screen work. According to the director, "End Credits" will undergo the same evolution — McQueen has announced that he’ll direct a feature film based on Robeson’s life. On Tuesday evening in New York City, McQueen accepted the Media Hero award stage at the Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Hidden Heroes awards. Taking the stage to say a few words, the director revealed that his next film would focus on the legendary...
- 11/19/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
Steve McQueen says his next film will be about Paul Robeson. The Guardian reported that the British director revealed the news to an audience at the Hidden Heroes awards in New York organized by the Andrew Goodman Foundation on Monday. McQueen described the Robeson movie as his dream project and something that he had longed to do, but, until now, never had the power to realize. "His life and legacy was the film I wanted to make the second after Hunger. ... But I didn't have the power; I didn't have the juice," McQueen said. Read more Steve McQueen on '12 Years':
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- 11/19/2014
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meryl Streep is already regarded as the greatest actress of her generation, and now, she's set to receive yet another accolade.
Streep is one of 19 men and women who will be bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. She'll receive the medal from President Barack Obama during an awards ceremony to be held at the White House on November 24.
The full list of recipients also includes: Tom Brokaw; Ethel Kennedy; Stevie Wonder; composer Stephen Sondheim; choreographer Alvin Ailey; novelist Isabel Allende; civil rights activist and "Freedom Summer" participants James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner; physicist Mildred Dresselhaus; Rep. John Dingell of Michigan; writer and activist Suzan Harjo; Federal judge and former Rep. Abner Mikva of Illinois; Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii; Rep. Edward Roybal of California; professional golfer Charles Sifford; economist Robert Solow; social activist Marlo Thomas.
"I look forward to presenting these nineteen bold,...
Streep is one of 19 men and women who will be bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. She'll receive the medal from President Barack Obama during an awards ceremony to be held at the White House on November 24.
The full list of recipients also includes: Tom Brokaw; Ethel Kennedy; Stevie Wonder; composer Stephen Sondheim; choreographer Alvin Ailey; novelist Isabel Allende; civil rights activist and "Freedom Summer" participants James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner; physicist Mildred Dresselhaus; Rep. John Dingell of Michigan; writer and activist Suzan Harjo; Federal judge and former Rep. Abner Mikva of Illinois; Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii; Rep. Edward Roybal of California; professional golfer Charles Sifford; economist Robert Solow; social activist Marlo Thomas.
"I look forward to presenting these nineteen bold,...
- 11/11/2014
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
President Barack Obama will honor 19 trailblazers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on November 24. Entertainers among that group are actresses Meryl Streep and Marlo Thomas, singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder, and composer Stephen Sondheim. Others include author Isabel Allende, newsman Tom Brokaw, physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, Rep. John Dingell, activist Ethel Kennedy, writer Suzan Harjo, golfer Charles Sifford, economist Robert Solow, Rep. Abner Mikva, and Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink. Posthumous awards will be given out for choreographer Alvin Ailey, activist Edward Roybal, and civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. This award is the highest civilian honor that can be presented to an individual. The Wrap -Break- Director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino proclaims he will retire after making his 10th film. His eighth will be "The Hateful Eight," in which eight "hate-filled firebrands from the Ol..."...
- 11/11/2014
- Gold Derby
President Obama will be awarding 19 individuals with the highest civilian honor in America, ranging from singers to civil rights activists to Oscar-winning actresses. Among the honorees representing the arts world are Stevie Wonder, Stephen Sondheim, Meryl Streep, actress Marlo Thomas, Tom Brokaw, writer and activist Suzan Harjo, and author Isabel Allende. Streep and Sondheim are particularly timely honorees, considering the film adaptation of Sondheim's Into the Woods stars Streep and arrives in theaters on Dec. 25. The other honorees include professional golfer Charles Sifford, who helped to desegregate the Professional Golfers' Association, economist Robert Solow, scientist Mildred Dresselhaus, and Ethel Kennedy.
- 11/11/2014
- by Jonathon Dornbush
- EW.com - PopWatch
Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder and Tom Brokaw are among the latest Americans tapped to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama announced Tuesday. The performers and former NBC anchor will join 16 others at the White House on Nov. 24 for a ceremony marking their achievements. The medal is the highest honor granted to civilians in the U.S. and honors contributions to U.S. security, world peace and cultural achievement. "From scientists who kept America on the cutting edge to public servants who help write new chapters in our American story, these citizens have made extraordinary contributions to our country and the world,...
- 11/11/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Stevie Wonder, choreographer Alvin Ailey and author Isabel Allende were among the 19 names chosen by President Obama today to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The awards will be bestowed at the White House on November 24. Here’s the full list of recipients just released:
Alvin Ailey (posthumous)
Ailey was a choreographer, dancer, and the founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which is renowned for its inspiring performances in 71 countries on 6 continents since 1958. Ailey’s work was groundbreaking in its exploration of the African American experience and the enrichment of the modern dance tradition, including his beloved American masterpiece Revelations. The Ailey organization, based in New York City, carries on his pioneering legacy with performances, training, educational, and community programs for people of all backgrounds.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is a highly acclaimed author...
Alvin Ailey (posthumous)
Ailey was a choreographer, dancer, and the founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which is renowned for its inspiring performances in 71 countries on 6 continents since 1958. Ailey’s work was groundbreaking in its exploration of the African American experience and the enrichment of the modern dance tradition, including his beloved American masterpiece Revelations. The Ailey organization, based in New York City, carries on his pioneering legacy with performances, training, educational, and community programs for people of all backgrounds.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is a highly acclaimed author...
- 11/10/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
One wedding celebration is not enough for George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin. On Saturday, the newlyweds made their way to a second party in Buckinghamshire in England just weeks after tying the knot in Italy. While their lavish wedding included George's Hollywood pals - Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and Cindy Crawford were among the stars in attendance - Saturday's party reportedly catered to more than 200 of the couple's UK friends and Amal's loved ones from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. According to the official invitation, Amal's parents, Baria and Ramzi Alamuddin, threw the bash at the historic Danesfield House. The name might undersell the spot's ambience, as the award-winning venue's website says the hotel sits "amidst 65 acres of formal gardens with outstanding views over the River Thames and to the Chiltern Hills beyond." The large celebration comes after an exciting month for the newlyweds, during which George and...
- 10/25/2014
- by Nick-Maslow
- Popsugar.com
Folk legend Pete Seeger, who passed away last night at the age of 94, is one of the voices in "Freedom Summer," the new documentary from Stanley Nelson ("Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple") that just had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, about the hard-fought civil rights battles in the summer of 1964 in segregated Mississippi, will air on PBS as part of "American Experience" on June 24th. The network today released a clip, below, featuring Seeger and Mississippi resident Roscoe Jones talking about a concert Seeger did in a church in Meridian, Ms that summer, during which the performer got word that the bodies of missing, murdered civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner had been found. The interview was shot in April of last year -- take a look:...
- 1/28/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Has Annie become a monster like Henry?
Sana was definitely justified in making that declaration ,given Annie's actions and single-minded focus without any regard of the cost. When Annie died in that elevator, she resurrected without the humanity that made her uniquely Annie. She's now Jessica Matthews. A dark-haired individual with a dark soul and only hints of her former self.
In "Something Against You," Annie's mission to stop Henry set her on a course of action that she couldn't stop. She pushed Sana around and stopped listening. Annie thought she knew what was best without any regard or consideration of Sana. And, then Annie crossed the line. It wasn't when she killed Andrew Goodman since that really was self-defense.
Annie took the turn down the wrong path when she set up David. In that moment, Annie took Goodman's place and did Henry's bidding. Now, it could end up working out,...
Sana was definitely justified in making that declaration ,given Annie's actions and single-minded focus without any regard of the cost. When Annie died in that elevator, she resurrected without the humanity that made her uniquely Annie. She's now Jessica Matthews. A dark-haired individual with a dark soul and only hints of her former self.
In "Something Against You," Annie's mission to stop Henry set her on a course of action that she couldn't stop. She pushed Sana around and stopped listening. Annie thought she knew what was best without any regard or consideration of Sana. And, then Annie crossed the line. It wasn't when she killed Andrew Goodman since that really was self-defense.
Annie took the turn down the wrong path when she set up David. In that moment, Annie took Goodman's place and did Henry's bidding. Now, it could end up working out,...
- 10/25/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
Annie Walker's dead.
At least the CIA Operative Annie Walker is gone. She was shot to death by Calder Michaels and in her place a new woman was resurrected, Jessica Matthews. This new dark-haired woman has one single focus: bring down Henry Wilcox.
The transition from Annie to Jessica was more than just physical appearance. She showcased her hardcore determination through her hair, clothes and even in choice of a motorcycle. Piper Perabo rocked the long, dark hair and kick-ass look.
In order to uncover Henry's plan, Annie's first target was Henry's ex-wife, Sana. Annie believes that Sana has some knowledge about what Henry's planning since he had lunch with his ex-wife before the helicopter explosion.
Annie may be determined, but she's definitely not the most subtle person. When she first met Sana she immediately brought up Henry. Even though it was indirect, it was a huge tell. Sana may...
At least the CIA Operative Annie Walker is gone. She was shot to death by Calder Michaels and in her place a new woman was resurrected, Jessica Matthews. This new dark-haired woman has one single focus: bring down Henry Wilcox.
The transition from Annie to Jessica was more than just physical appearance. She showcased her hardcore determination through her hair, clothes and even in choice of a motorcycle. Piper Perabo rocked the long, dark hair and kick-ass look.
In order to uncover Henry's plan, Annie's first target was Henry's ex-wife, Sana. Annie believes that Sana has some knowledge about what Henry's planning since he had lunch with his ex-wife before the helicopter explosion.
Annie may be determined, but she's definitely not the most subtle person. When she first met Sana she immediately brought up Henry. Even though it was indirect, it was a huge tell. Sana may...
- 10/18/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman star as FBI agents who crack a 1964 conspiracy of racist murderers – without any help from the activists who played such a vital role at this time
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Director: Alan Parker
Entertainment grade: B
History grade: D–
On 21 June 1964, one black and two white civil rights activists disappeared near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The FBI codenamed the case Miburn – short for Mississippi Burning.
Crime
The three activists – in real life, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, though they are not named in the film – are driving, tailed by several cars. When they stop, they are murdered and their bodies hidden by a mob of white men connected to the Ku Klux Klan. Later, the FBI turn up, in the fictionalised forms of spiky white liberal intellectual Agent Ward (Willem Dafoe) and rough-around-the-edges white liberal anti-intellectual Agent Anderson (Gene Hackman). Viewers may erroneously conclude that the FBI...
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Director: Alan Parker
Entertainment grade: B
History grade: D–
On 21 June 1964, one black and two white civil rights activists disappeared near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The FBI codenamed the case Miburn – short for Mississippi Burning.
Crime
The three activists – in real life, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, though they are not named in the film – are driving, tailed by several cars. When they stop, they are murdered and their bodies hidden by a mob of white men connected to the Ku Klux Klan. Later, the FBI turn up, in the fictionalised forms of spiky white liberal intellectual Agent Ward (Willem Dafoe) and rough-around-the-edges white liberal anti-intellectual Agent Anderson (Gene Hackman). Viewers may erroneously conclude that the FBI...
- 4/10/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Though it turns out it wasn't meant to be with Bachelor Aaron Buerge from season two of ABC's hit The Bachelor, it looks like Helene Eksterowicz has found love after all.
Helene, 37, who Aaron proposed to in the season finale but split just five weeks later, is engaged to Andrew Goodman, a senior technology consultant for Ibm. The two have been dating for a year and a half, and she couldn't be happier.
Pics: Meet Newest 'Bachelor' Sean Lowe's Lucky Ladies
"We are very happy about planning our future together," she tells People. "Andrew is a great guy – handsome, loving, family-oriented, hardworking and very non-Hollywood, which is perfect!"
Helene, a middle school psychologist, plans to marry this summer.
Video: Chris Harrison -- Sean Is Most Sincere 'Bachelor' Ever
Aaron has since moved on from their broken engagement as well -- he married Angye McIntosh, his hometown sweetheart, in 2009.
Helene, 37, who Aaron proposed to in the season finale but split just five weeks later, is engaged to Andrew Goodman, a senior technology consultant for Ibm. The two have been dating for a year and a half, and she couldn't be happier.
Pics: Meet Newest 'Bachelor' Sean Lowe's Lucky Ladies
"We are very happy about planning our future together," she tells People. "Andrew is a great guy – handsome, loving, family-oriented, hardworking and very non-Hollywood, which is perfect!"
Helene, a middle school psychologist, plans to marry this summer.
Video: Chris Harrison -- Sean Is Most Sincere 'Bachelor' Ever
Aaron has since moved on from their broken engagement as well -- he married Angye McIntosh, his hometown sweetheart, in 2009.
- 1/23/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
There weren't 29 million people watching this proposal – which was just fine by Helene Eksterowicz.
The Bachelor alum, 37, to whom Aaron Buerge popped the question during the show's second season finale, only to split five weeks later, is engaged once again.
The lucky man? Andrew Goodman, a senior technology consultant for Ibm whom Eksterowicz has been dating for a year and a half.
"We are very happy about planning our future together," the middle school psychologist tells People.
Goodman proposed during a birthday trip to the Poconos last weekend, catching Eksterowicz off-guard.
"I thought we were just going up there to celebrate my birthday,...
The Bachelor alum, 37, to whom Aaron Buerge popped the question during the show's second season finale, only to split five weeks later, is engaged once again.
The lucky man? Andrew Goodman, a senior technology consultant for Ibm whom Eksterowicz has been dating for a year and a half.
"We are very happy about planning our future together," the middle school psychologist tells People.
Goodman proposed during a birthday trip to the Poconos last weekend, catching Eksterowicz off-guard.
"I thought we were just going up there to celebrate my birthday,...
- 1/22/2013
- by Aili Nahas
- People.com - TV Watch
There weren't 29 million people watching this proposal - which was just fine by Helene Eksterowicz. The Bachelor alum, 37, to whom Aaron Buerge popped the question during the show's second season finale, only to split five weeks later, is engaged once again. The lucky man? Andrew Goodman, a senior technology consultant for Ibm whom Eksterowicz has been dating for a year and a half. "We are very happy about planning our future together," the middle school psychologist tells People. Goodman proposed during a birthday trip to the Poconos last weekend, catching Eksterowicz off-guard. "I thought we were just going up there to celebrate my birthday,...
- 1/22/2013
- by Aili Nahas
- PEOPLE.com
Exhuming the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner (top); Baptist preacher and convicted murderer Edgar Ray Killen (bottom) Neshoba: The Price Of Freedom Q&A with Filmmakers Micki Dickoff, Tony Pagano: Part I Would you say most people in Mississippi (and in Neshoba County) believe that justice has been served, or…? Is there a "color line" (or perhaps a "political line"?) dividing people in the way they see the outcome of the Killen trial? Dickoff: Many Neshoba Countyans, blacks and whites, are relieved and proud that some measure of justice was meted out in this case. However, some white citizens believe the trial of an 80-year-old man was a waste of time and money and another stain on Mississippi. Ben Chaney sums it up best: “It may take another 50 years before all these people die out” for real change to happen. Race...
- 8/13/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Directed, produced, and edited by Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano, Neshoba: The Price of Freedom offers a unique peek into the mind of an unrepentant racist, Edgar Ray Killen. Killen, a Baptist preacher and the leader of a group of Klansmen accused of brutally murdering civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, Miss., in June 1964, is the only person ever convicted of the heinous crime known as the "Mississippi Burning" murders. "The tools used to tell the tale (particularly old newsreels, family photos and seldom-seen crime scene and autopsy photos) are masterfully employed," says Ernest Hardy in the L.A. Weekly. "Within the first 15 minutes, Dickoff and Pagano milk tear ducts (iconic newsreel footage of a young Ben Chaney weeping as he sings ‘We Shall Overcome’ at his brother’s funeral has lost none of its power to devastate), and then use that...
- 8/13/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The 1964 murder of civil-rights activists Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney outside Philadelphia, Mississippi—the seat of Neshoba county—brought the deadly intractability of the segregated South home to many, particularly in the North. Nearly half a century later, Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano’s documentary Neshoba: The Price Of Freedom, brings it home again with determination, if not much invention. Goodman and Schwerner, both Jewish activists from New York, met up with Chaney, a young but experienced organizer in Mississippi’s African-American community, as part of the Freedom Summer, a concerted effort to register blacks who were ...
- 8/12/2010
- avclub.com
For this week's Doc Talk I'd like to spotlight two highly recommended films involving the South: Ross McElwee's personal ancestry exploration from 2003, Bright Leaves, and Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano's civil rights film Neshoba: The Price of Freedom, which finally gets a theatrical release this Friday (in NYC; next month it opens in La).
The reason I revisited McElwee's film is primarily because of the recent death of Oscar-winning screen legend Patricia Neal (Hud), who appears briefly in the doc. But it also ended up fitting in somewhat with Neshoba, because both films deal with a Southern history, both concern events that previously inspired fictionalized Hollywood movie plots (Bright Leaf for the former, Mississippi Burning the latter) and both follow modern stories relative to the historical material.
As for Neshoba, aside from the fact that it opens this weekend, I was intrigued about the film's subject matter...
The reason I revisited McElwee's film is primarily because of the recent death of Oscar-winning screen legend Patricia Neal (Hud), who appears briefly in the doc. But it also ended up fitting in somewhat with Neshoba, because both films deal with a Southern history, both concern events that previously inspired fictionalized Hollywood movie plots (Bright Leaf for the former, Mississippi Burning the latter) and both follow modern stories relative to the historical material.
As for Neshoba, aside from the fact that it opens this weekend, I was intrigued about the film's subject matter...
- 8/12/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
"Who is Don Draper?" is the question that opens "Mad Men's" fourth season, asked to Don himself by an unenthusiastic, one-legged reporter from Advertising Age. Don can't answer, even if he wanted to, and I can't either, at least not without using the standard adjectives of "cold," "amoral" and "borderline-sociopathic." The question I would have asked Don, and have asked myself more than once, is, "Why do I watch 'Mad Men'?" Why do I tune into a beautifully crafted yet emotionally unavailable Social Studies presentation each week, especially when I know how the '60s will end? (Badly.) But things have changed in the "Mad Men" world, especially with the Season Three finale "Shut the Door. Have a Seat," in which the major players of the series broke off from Sterling Cooper advertising agency to form Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce -- an almost Sorkian plot twist where...
- 7/26/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom will have its Us theatrical premiere in New York City on Aug. 13 at Cinema Village. Los Angeles will follow suit on Sept. 10. Directed by Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano, Neshoba: The Price of Freedom delves into both the legacy and the story behind the disappearance and murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers who became victims of a mob of Klansmen in Neshoba County, Mississippi, at the beginning of the Freedom Summer in June 1964. Forty-one years later, the state convicted only one man in the killings, 80-year-old Baptist preacher Edgar Ray Killen. According to the Neshoba: The Price of Freedom press release, Dickoff and Pagano "gained unprecedented access to Killen, following him from shortly after his indictment through his trial. For the first time, the film captures the outspoken views of a Klan member charged with...
- 7/14/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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