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‘Nickel Boys’ an experimental must-see explores the loss of innocence in Jim Crow-era Florida
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Arts & Culture
‘Nickel Boys’ an experimental must-see explores the loss of innocence in Jim Crow-era Florida
Today it is almost impossible to see what the world was like as an African American teenage boy living in the American South during the Jim Crow era.
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Boston’s Arts Scene: 2024 year in review
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Boston’s Arts Scene: 2024 year in review
It’s been a banner year (pun intended) in the Boston arts scene. Heading into 2025, we’re looking back at some of our most notable arts stories from 2024. In both local and national categories, diverse stories shone.
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ shines poignant spotlight on children of war
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ shines poignant spotlight on children of war
In the United Kingdom from September 1940 to May 1941, cities like London were under attack in an eight-month-long aerial bombardment from Nazi Germany known as the Blitz. British director Sir Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) uses the months long attacks for the backdrop of his newest film “Blitz.
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‘Dahomey’ follows the repatriation of artworks from France to West Africa
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‘Dahomey’ follows the repatriation of artworks from France to West Africa
For years, art museums and their critics have discussed repatriation. In the art world, repatriation is the act of returning controversially acquired artifacts to their home countries. “Controversially acquired” is really a euphemism for stolen and looted art typically acquired during times of conflict like war and colonization.
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BET remakes ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ from a Black point of view
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BET remakes ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ from a Black point of view
“Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” hit movie theaters in 1991, fueling a popular cultural fantasy of teenagers running their lives without adult supervision. The story got a contemporary makeover in the 2024 remake, directed by Wade Allain-Marcus and centering a Black family.
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Titus Kaphar’s ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ is a beautiful mediation on repair and reconciliation
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Titus Kaphar’s ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ is a beautiful mediation on repair and reconciliation
Meditations on forgiveness, harm and repair in father-son relationships are explored in artist Titus Kaphar’s directorial debut, “Exhibiting Forgiveness.”
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CineFest Latino Boston: amplifying Latino voices through the power of film
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CineFest Latino Boston: amplifying Latino voices through the power of film
Sabrina Avilés founded CineFest Latino in 2022 as a way of giving back to her community, she said. Breaking into the industry as a Latina was challenging for Avilés, so she wanted to take “a lot of these filmmakers under my wings” and give them opportunities that she had fought to get.
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In ‘Sing Sing,’ incarcerated men find redemption through the life-changing power of art
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In ‘Sing Sing,’ incarcerated men find redemption through the life-changing power of art
The film “Sing Sing,” directed by Greg Kwedar and starring Colman Domingo, explores the true story of a group of men who find solace and connection in Rehabilitation Through the Arts, or RTA, a program providing arts education for incarcerated people.
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Boston Parks and Rec. Dept. activates city with pockets of summer fun
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Boston Parks and Rec. Dept. activates city with pockets of summer fun
Through its ParkARTS program, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department enlivens pockets of green space across the city, bringing arts workshops, concerts, movies and puppet shows to city-run parks year-round, with a more concentrated calendar in the summer months, all free of charge.
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Game changer: ‘Challengers’ boosts interest in tennis and Black female representation in the sport
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Game changer: ‘Challengers’ boosts interest in tennis and Black female representation in the sport
“Challengers” is a titillating Luca Guadagnino film about desire, love and loss set against the backdrop of professional tennis.
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Roxbury International Film Festival brings underrepresented voices to the screen
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Roxbury International Film Festival brings underrepresented voices to the screen
Every year since its founding in 1999, what’s now known as the Roxbury International Film Festival has brought underrepresented stories to silver screens in Boston.
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay on her film ‘Origin’
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay on her film ‘Origin’
Amid the tensions that brewed following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Ava DuVernay read journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” published that summer. The book, DuVernay admitted, had been sitting on her coffee table for a while before she decided to read it.
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