Hidden Figures was a very well made film that provided a lot of perspective on the accomplishments of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson, as well as displaying the many obstacles they had to overcome while working at NASA, this entailed a lot of sexism and racism. While the movie heavily displays the discrimination faced by these women and the others that work with them in the "Colored Group", it still has its moments of comedic relief and vindication.…

Overall I found Citizen Four to be a movie that centers around a very interesting topic, but did it in a very slow and boring way. There is a feature film on the same topic that has actors rather than real footage like Citizen Four. It is called "Snowden" and it is much more captivating than the documentary. With that said I do appreciate that use of real handheld footage rather than an actor portraying it. In the documentary you…

BlacKkKlansman which was produced by Spike Lee was a masterpiece of film. I say this because the film does such a great job at taking an important and grim topic, which is the history of racism in the US, and presenting it in a entertaining way that still preserves that historical context. One of my favorite scenes in the movie was when Andy Landers the racist cop got arrested at the end of the movie. While Ron is dealing with…

"Serpico" was a very captivating film, I had an appreciation for the style of dialogue that we see in the movies from this time. Frank Serpico grew up always wanting to be a cop and having certain expectations of what it meant to be a cop. This is a very important trait about Frank, because throughout the movie he we see his relentless effort to keep his morals and not accept money and be an honest cop. This is what…