Nell Minow's Blog, page 24
February 5, 2017
Family Movies for Black History Month
Great choices for Black History Month from Scholastic:
Duke Ellington... and more stories to celebrate great figures in African American history
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The DVD includes gently animated and beautifully narrated...
Duke Ellington... and more stories to celebrate great figures in African American history
.The DVD includes gently animated and beautifully narrated...
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Free Ebook: My Life in the Negro Leagues
In honor of Black History Month, the autobiography of Negro Leagues baseball star Wilmer Fields is free for five days.
Wilmer Fields was a superstar in the Negro Leagues, back when baseball was segregated. After Jackie Robinson broke the color line (as shown in the hit film, “42”), Fields received five different offers to join white teams. But he loved the Negro Leagues and never left. After his retirement, he fought to get the Negro League players...
Wilmer Fields was a superstar in the Negro Leagues, back when baseball was segregated. After Jackie Robinson broke the color line (as shown in the hit film, “42”), Fields received five different offers to join white teams. But he loved the Negro Leagues and never left. After his retirement, he fought to get the Negro League players...
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Clip: LEGO Batman
"LEGO Batman" will be in theaters this week! Here's a sneak peek at Batman's "crib."
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February 4, 2017
Dustin and Genevieve: Social Media Parody
Thanks to Dana Stevens and the Slate Culture Gabfest for recommending the very clever music parodies by Dustin and Genevieve. I love this "Lion King" update for the era of social media. (Check out their very sweet proposal video,...
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Atomic Puppet is Back! New Season on Disney XD
"Atomic Puppet" is back for a new season on Disney XD! An iconic Super-Hero loses everything when he’s transformed into a living puppet and fused onto the hand of his biggest fan, 12-year-old Joey Felt! If they can work out their differences they’re destined to become the greatest, oddball super-duo of all time -- Atomic Puppet!
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February 3, 2017
Exclusive Clip: Running Wild
Tommy Flanagan plays a convict in the equine rehab program at the heart of "Running Wild." Sharon Stone stars as Stella, who must fight prejudice, greed, bureaucracy and vanity (including her own) to learn that the best way to help yourself is by than helping another living creature. SP Releasing and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release "Running Wild" in select theaters and On Demand February 10, 2017.
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Interview: Harry Connick, Jr.
I love "Harry," the free-wheeling, upbeat, always-entertaining talk show hosted by Harry Connick, Jr. The New Orleans-born actor/singer/musician gives the show a Big Easy vibe, always making his guests and his audience feel as though we're in his living room. It was a great pleasure to talk to him about what he does to make the show welcoming to his guests and his audience -- and his favorite place to eat in his famously food-centric home town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-INSi......
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Trailer: This Beautiful Fantastic
"Downton Abbey's" Jessica Brown Findlay stars in "The Beautiful Fantastic," about
a would-be children's book author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower. The cast also includes two of my favorites: Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott....
a would-be children's book author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower. The cast also includes two of my favorites: Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott....
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February 2, 2017
The Comedian
They say all clowns want to play Hamlet, and often they turn out to be outstanding dramatic actors, from Mickey Rooney to Robin Williams. But it does not always work the other way. Dramatic performers want to be clowns. Robert De Niro is one of the greatest actors in the world and he can be very funny ("Analyze This," "Midnight Run," "Silver Linings Playbook"). He does not always choose the best material ("Dirty Grandpa"), but like his fellow Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Sally Field, that doesn't...
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I Am Not Your Negro
Director Raoul Peck has made a powerful and vitally timely film about James Baldwin -- and about today. By juxtaposing Baldwin's words with images from Ferguson and other contemporary conflicts over race and poverty, he underscores the impact and importance of Baldwin's commentary.
It is shocking how little has changed. Peck makes that point subtly by going behind the grainy black-and-white images that are so familiar to us from the Civil Rights Era, so stylized that they seem almost as...
It is shocking how little has changed. Peck makes that point subtly by going behind the grainy black-and-white images that are so familiar to us from the Civil Rights Era, so stylized that they seem almost as...
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