Blkpanguy's Personal Blog

I cannot believe that this movie came out in 2020 yet I just finished watching it today. An amazing movie about the Houston Riot of 1917 when after months of local White police officers and citizens attacking the Black soldiers of the 24th infantry regiment.. which lead to on August 23rd, 1917 when a Black soldier was beaten by a white mob after trying to investigate the assault of a Black woman.. which then lead to the soldiers taking up arms and going into town for retribution for the months of abuse by the White police officers

in the end, no White person faced any charges for the months of abuse, almost 2 dozen Black soldiers were found guilty and killed by hanging, and another 60 or so were found guilty and given life sentences.

I do not want to give too much away but it is surely worthy of a watch

In 2023, the Army overturned all of their convictions, and the Army Board for Correction of Military Records changed their military records to give all of them honorable discharges. ... too little, too late but better late than never.

40 acres is a post-apocalyptic film about a family trying to protect their property from a militia group who is trying to take it from them.

"Straw" just came out yesterday I believe, just finished watching it. This movie truly addresses trauma in a way I have not seen in a movie in a long time. The emotions you feel throughout are authentic, and you can feel the pain of the main character... the end threw me for a loop, I was not expecting that.