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Movie Review: Black Teen faces the trials of being a “Mississippi Scholar”
Earnest, preachy and melodramatic to a fault, “Mississippi Scholar” is exactly the sort of movie that the independent cinema was born to create. Director and co-writer Marcus Bleecker’s film may traffic in tropes and cliches. But it has a vivid … Continue reading
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