Blogs in July 2020

Same Kind of Different As Me 3rd July 2020

Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love. Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the “Man” – in the 1960’s – by hopping a train....

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That Old Ace in the Hole 3rd July 2020

‘That Old Ace in the Hole’ is a richly textured story of one man’s struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle, told with razor-sharp wit and a masterly sense of place. Some folks...

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A Free Man of Color 2nd July 2020

Benjamin January, an African American musician tries to help a woman who has gone into a ball to confront her late husband’s mistress. When the mistress is found murdered, he is scapegoated for the murder and must work to...

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Just Mercy 30th June 2020

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time. Bryan Stevenson was a young...

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A Lesson Before Dying 29th June 2020

In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson witnesses a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Gaines...

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