This American indie film is a discomfortingly funny satire of social media obsession and living virtually through online interaction that goes into some dark places.
Category: Sundance Winner
‘Dear White People’ – a sharp social satire on Hulu
Dear White People (2014), the feature debut of director / writer Justin Simien, is a sharp, smart, ambitious satire of race, racism, privilege, prejudice, and power at an Ivy League college that has drawn comparisons to Spike Lee. It’s a fitting comparison. Simien uses humor and provocation to explore issues of race and race relationships […]
‘The Killing Floor’ – integrating the union on Criterion Channel and free on Hoopla
The Killing Floor (1984) is the slaughterhouse of the Chicago stockyards where Mississippi sharecropper Frank Custer (played by Damien Leake) finds work when he heads north for better opportunities during World War I. Working his way up to better-paying work as a butcher, he brings his wife (Alfre Woodard) and kids to Chicago, but he […]