BY KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service
February 25, 2021
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'One Night in Miami...' thoughtfully ends with a performance by Sam Cooke, portrayed by Leslie Odom Jr. (Patti Perret/Amazon Studios/TNS)
This week marks the last of Black History Month, before Women’s History Month kicks off in March. So to send off one month and usher in another, check out some of the best films available to stream made by Black women (which is always worth your while at any time of the year).
One of the very best film debuts of 2020 was the effervescent “Forty-Year-Old Version,” written, directed by and starring Radha Blank. An autobiographical film about a playwright dabbling in rap, Blank’s film is a funny, fresh and an incisive take on how Black art, especially made by women, is received by white critics and gatekeepers.
This week marks the last of Black History Month, before Women’s History Month kicks off in March. So to send off one month and usher in another, check out some of the best films available to stream made by Black women.
This week marks the last of Black History Month, before Women’s History Month kicks off in March. So to send off one month and usher in another, check out some