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Charlton Heston in Ben Hur (1959)
Charlton Heston stars as Ben-Hur in director William Wyler’s 1959 movie classic. Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith and a cast of thousands appear in support.
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Black Portraiture in Hollywood: Part 2
In this part I complete my analysis of how audiences are ‘taught’ languages through film, using Semiotics and Communication Theory…How, in the 1960s, Sidney Poitier unwittingly aided in undermining the Civil Rights movement with his films & I will introduce you to Melvin Van Peebles, the original Black guerrilla filmmaker, who started the ‘Blaxploitation’ era in the 1970s even though it was not his intention.
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Cinema of Apocalypse: Soylent Green
I was originally going to make this one long article about apocalyptic films, but I found that that article was becoming inordinately long. Thus, I am introducing a series called Cinema of Apocalypse where I will review these films separately. First on the list is Soylent Green.
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Ben Hur, Fabulous Hollywood Epic
Although this movie was made in 1959, Ben-Hur has rightfully earned a special place in Hollywood history.
