I Am Not Your Negro
Based on the unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin, this film examines Baldwin's life, his work in the civil rights movement, and his first-hand observations about race in America. While the film gut punch those unfamiliar with Baldwin's work, Raoul Peck's film does an excellent job at tying Baldwin's words to modern events. Excellent voice-over narration by Samuel L. Jackson doesn't hurt either.
Get The Hankies Ready When: Baldwin's description of his feelings after the killings of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are some of the most eloquently heartbreaking words you'll ever hear.
Finders Keepers
In a human interest story so insane it has to be true, the audience learns a conflict between Tom Wood and Shannon Whisnant after Whisnant discovers Wood's severed leg....in a grill from a storage unit he bought. The movie could get plenty of mileage explaining how the severed leg came, and don't worry it does, but the pleasant surprise is a more extensive than expected backstory that never sacrifices the players' humanity for laughs.
Keep Your Eyes Peel For: How a daytime TV host intervenes in a truly meaningful way.
Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower
While Americans generally know that the Chinese government is oppressive, the government's strict control of media makes evidence of this overreach and use of force hard to find. Which makes Scholarism protest leader Joshua Wong's story all the more impressive. Detailing his protest work against Chinese regulated curriculum's in Hong Kong the audience is treat to intimate looks into Joshua's tactics and outlook.
Feel Like You've Done Nothing With Your Life When: This teenager inspires a nation-sized city into the streets.
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