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The Rip Van Winkle-Level Sleeper

By Olga Tchepikova-Treon March 18, 2024 March 25, 2024 Too Far in Front: Michael Roemer

In the foreground, Harry Plotnik wears a suit and tie and a confused expression while two people converse in the background.

|Hannah Baxter| How does a movie end up in front of theater audiences? Best case scenario: it’s the product of a major studio, with big stars, a respected director, and/or superheroes. The studio will likely handle distribution and marketing; if not, distributors will pay handsomely Continue reading

Back to the Future: Michael Roemer’s Nothing but a Man

By Olga Tchepikova-Treon March 18, 2024 March 18, 2024 Too Far in Front: Michael Roemer

Ivan Dixon as Duff, a young Black man with short hair and a mustache, is sitting with his arms up behind his head, smiling at Abbey Lincoln playin Josie, a Black woman with a patterned scarf around her hair, who reciprocates his smiling glance.

|Nazeeh Alghazawneh| The idea of someone “being ahead of their time,” whether it be an artist, an author, an activist etc., is kind of paradoxical. The phrase implies that broad social, philosophical or political landscapes will change inevitably, develop autonomously, independently of… Continue reading

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The Rip Van Winkle-Level Sleeper

Back to the Future: Michael Roemer’s Nothing but a Man

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