We have GREAT news for you! IT IS FRIDAY! We hope you are as excited about this fact! If you are wondering what to do this Friday and upcoming week, Ladybrille contributor Kam Williams helps us out with previews of movies opening November 20, 2009. Enjoy and have a fantastic weekend! Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, …
Good Hair Film Review, Chris Rock Takes Lighthearted Look at Black Women’s ‘do
If you were raised in an African-American community, then you’re probably very familiar with the notion of “good hair,” a term that’s generally applied to folks born with wavy locks which are less trouble to take care of than the more tightly-curled or nappy variety. Back in the Sixties, at the dawn of the black …
Precious Film Review, Lee Daniels’ Long-Anticipated Sundance-Winner Lives up to the Buzz.
Precious is finally arriving in theaters after being the beneficiary of practically a year’s worth of buzz since winning a trio of trophies at Sundance, including that prestigious film festival’s equivalent of Best Picture. I’m happy to be the bearer of the good news that the movie more than lives up to the critical acclaim. …
Skin Film Review, Apartheid Poses Problem for White Couple with Black Baby
Until 1994, South Africa’s system of Apartheid forbade people of different “races” to use the same stores, to attend the same schools or to reside under the same roof. Those oppressive segregation laws came to rip an Afrikaner family apart after the wife gave birth to a baby with dark skin and nappy hair in …