New Film Restores Hope For Black Cinema
By George AlexanderKasi Lemmons’s new film Talk to Me, which hits theaters today, July 13th, is brilliant!
It’s an amazing piece about Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene, an ex-con played by Don Cheadle, who became a popular yet controversial deejay at WOL-AM in Washington D.C. during the 60’s and 70’s. The station would go on to become the first station in the Radio One empire.
Cheadle is beyond incredible as Greene. He inhales the life of this fiery, street tough man who became a voice and hero for the people in one of the most turbulent periods in American history. I am betting he gets an Oscar nomination for best actor.
British-born actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, known for his roles in such films as Kinky Boots, Inside Man, and Dirty Pretty Things, is fantastic as Dewey Hughes. Also bringing superb performances to the piece are Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji Henson and Martin Sheen.
Talk to Me has restored my faith in black movies (that is films by black
writers/directors/producers). Not that I had lost total faith with us. But...
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