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Read Prudence Mabhena's inspiring triumph over her disability and becoming arguably Zimbabwe's first Oscar award winner and meeting Oprah.

Today is Juneteenth, and while people have celebrated this special day for years, it was only last year that Biden officially made it a federal holiday.

MetaX expands lineup of ad-supported streaming channels from FAST Channels TV. #pressrelease.

Today’s update will be a quick one, as we’re all working on new disc reviews here. Speaking of which, we have a couple of new ones for you now... I’ve...

May 11 2021 Local filmmaker Devin Fei-Fan Tau follows four LGBTQ+ individuals as they prepare and climb Mount Hood. Portland filmmaker Devin Fei-Fan Tau emigrated from Taiwan to suburban Los Angeles as a child and watched such iconic television shows as "Star Trek" to help him learn English. So, when he had the opportunity to meet George Takei, who played Sulu on the original "Star Trek" TV series, he couldnt have been more thrilled. "You know how people say you shouldnt meet your childho...

ComingSoon.net is proud to debut an exclusive clip from  Who’s on Top? The mountain climbing documentary, which releases May 18, focuses on a team of LGBTQ+ climbers that decide to climb Mount Hood. The film goes beyond the mountain and also goes into the challenges that LGBTQ+ climbers face within the community. It’s narrated by  Star Trek alum George Takei. Check out the official synopsis below: Who’s on Top? is a feature-length documentary that shines a spotlight on a diverse group o...

What’s New on DVD in May: ‘Rugrats,’ Jackie Chan, ‘Wojnarowicz,’ and More Theaters may be reopening, but physical media is forever — Alonso Duralde spotlights the best new DVDs and Blu-rays Alonso Duralde | May 6, 2021 @ 11:46 AM Nickelodeon Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones make a somewhat unusual couple in “The Sound of Silence” (IFC Films), a somewhat unusual film. And it’s not that Sarsgaard and Jones don’t have chemistry to burn; it’s that the movie operates at its o...

“My Beautiful Stutter” – No hesitation [MOVIE REVIEW] SHARE Taro Alexander at Camp Say in “My Beautiful Stutter.” Photo courtesy of Passion River Films. “My Beautiful Stutter,” the elegantly profound documentary directed by Ryan Gielen and written by Steve Sander, will open your eyes to this affliction. There are almost 70 million stutterers in the world, more than 3 million in the U.S. It affects one in twenty children. Many stutterers undergo speech therapy in hopes of finding...

Interview: Lillian LaSalle Talks My Name Is Pedro (Exclusive) By Director-producer Lillian LaSalle on the set of her documentary, ‘My Name Is Pedro.’ With many children struggling to learn remotely from home this past year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American education system needs a compelling message of optimism. The new documentary, ‘My Name is Pedro,’ is offering that sense of hope as it emphasizes the importance of having dedicated educators within the infrastruct...