(Akiit.com) (***1/2) Crime is rampant in Gotham City. Murders. Manslaughter. Blood soaks the streets. Citizens live in terror and the police are stumped. On desperate nights a Batman signal lights up the sky and the caped man jumps into action, but even he can’t stem the tide: “It’s a big ...
(Akiit.com) I found myself in a James Baldwin rabbit hole the other day. I’m not sure what caused me to watch a video of Baldwin, but I went there and couldn’t stop. His words are so relevant today. I was introduced to Baldwin’s work in college. I bought my son ...
(Akiit.com) The title spills the beans. In this sci-fi yarn, the filmmakers weren’t happy enough with a natural disaster: the moon hurtling towards earth. They had to add an outrageous AI storyline that makes what could have been a worthy, mildly plausible, catastrophic and action-filled movie a joke. The idea ...
(Akiit.com) The beauty of learning the banjo is that you will have diverse types of banjos to choose from. For instance, you could choose a 5-string or 4-string instrument to play. A beginner would be advised to choose a 5-string banjo to start on, but a musician already experienced in ...
(Akiit.com) This week, Whoopi Goldberg proved she believes in a flawed and harmful ideology. And no, it’s not antisemitism. Goldberg is one of many Americans who has been wrongfully led to believe every issue needs to be looked at through the lens of race. If there’s not a black victim ...
(Akiit.com) At the last minute, due to Omicron concerns, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival morphed from an in-person and virtual event to a purely digital experience. Thanks to streaming, Black filmmakers and Black films were on center stage all over the world. Check them out… Aftershock (***) According to WHO, the ...
(Akiit.com) Don’t be surprised to see a lot of tributes going on this year to pay homage to the “60 year anniversary” of the Black is Beautiful Movement. Cultural Caravan is releasing a documentary in February called “AJASS, Pioneers of the Black is Beautiful Movement,” produced by Louise Dente. In ...
(Akiit.com) The Tragedy of Macbeth was theatrically released nationwide in 2021 and is now streaming on AppleTV+. Watch this work of art on a TV screen and you’ll likely agree that last year’s “Best Film” is this year’s masterpiece. Joel Coen (O, Brother, Where Art Thou) has created a magnus opus ...
(Akiit.com) Well, Merry Christmas to all my fellow African Americans who are happy to celebrate the white people Christmas and spent all your money and little wealth in stores, businesses and merchandise that are owned and produced by racist people who neither hire, employee, invest in the black community and ...
(Akiit.com) When it comes to which musical instrument we should learn, there is a vast choice. We can choose from ones that are played with strings, those blown with a mouthpiece, and keyboard instruments that can provide the full 8 octave range. Many musicians will play more than one instrument. ...
(Akiit.com) The American Black Film Festival named actress-turned-director Halle Berry its official ABFF Ambassador in 2021. As the fest celebrated its 25th year, Berry proudly showcased her directorial debut Bruised. Normally the fest takes place in Miami, but this year ABFF’s Black films screened on their streaming service ABFFPLAY.com. Berry’s new film was one of the bright spots. Bruised ...
(Akiit.com) Every March the city of Miami comes alive when the Miami Film Festival premieres global and Ibero-American films. Every fall MFF GEMS selects the best films on the international film fests circuit and screens them at Little Havana’s historic MDC’s Tower Theater Miami. These gems shined in their own ways. Belfast (***) Actor/writer/director Kenneth Branagh is more likely to ...