Sunday, May 12, 2019

Guava Island



Donald Glover's "This is America" was more Fela Kuti than minstrel provocateur to me. Glover continues his indictment of racial and cultural oppression in his peculiar but pleasing "Guava Island," where he is a guileless singer angering island bosses while lifting people's spirits.

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That Certain Summer

  Pride Month television ... In 1972, ABC aired Lamont Johnson's made-for-television film That Certain Summer, which starred Hal Holbroo...