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Reel Reviews | Passing

8 November, 202126 January, 2026FilmGordon

Passing powerfully explores a subject that is familiar yet unspoken in the African American tradition but unknown to the mainstream.

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Reel Reviews | Colin in Black and White

28 October, 202131 October, 2021FilmGordon

by Tim Gordon Colin in Black & White is an upcoming limited drama series, premiering on Netflix. The six-episode series dramatizes the teenage years of [read more]

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Reel Reviews | See You Then (NFF ’21)

7 October, 202131 December, 2022FilmGordon

by Charles Kirkland Jr. A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to dinner to catch up on their complicated lives, changes, [read more]

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Reel Reviews | Quickening (TIFF ’21)

15 September, 202115 September, 2021FilmGordon

by Etan Vlessing | The Hollywood Reporter Haya Waseem’s Quickening is part of a new wave of immigrant films from Canadian filmmakers telling first-generation tales of having [read more]

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“I Want to Do In-Your-Face S***”: Kenya Barris on Why He Left His $100M Netflix Deal to Launch BET Studios

23 June, 202124 June, 2021FilmGordon

The showrunner turned mogul reveals a new record label, podcast venture, book deal and a first-look film pact: “It’s a special time in this industry [read more]

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Reel Reviews | Small Axe (Mangrove)

20 November, 20203 December, 2020FilmGordon

by Charles Kirkland Jr. The Small Axe series of Amazon Prime starts with a courtroom drama documenting racial unrest in Great Britain called Mangrove.