Tag: Scottsboro Boys

“Central Park Five”–Today’s Scottsboro Boys?

Written by diana on April 22, 2013. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Central Park Five”–Today’s Scottsboro Boys?

In 1989 the “Central Park Jogger” trial had the country’s attention and a media frenzy fed the heightened fear of New Yorkers who saw their beloved Central Park and the city as a whole becoming a dangerous environment simmering with crime and mayhem. “The Central Park Five”, a new documentary from award-winning filmmaker...

My Top Ten Movies for 2012–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

Written by diana on December 31, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 5 Comments on My Top Ten Movies for 2012–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

Happy New Year–the Year of the Snake in 2013! Most of all, I want to again thank all of you for your responses and comments, and for continuing to read my blog! With 2012 coming to an end, I wanted to take a look back at the movie reviews I wrote this year. When I counted the reviews I have written this year (=21), I wanted to see what...

“Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

Written by diana on July 10, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

“Scottsboro: An American Tragedy” is a 2001 PBS documentary in the American Experience series about the notorious trials of nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. The landmark trial magnified rampant racism, denial of a fair trial, and the continued North-South animosity that existed almost 70...

Tag: Scottsboro Boys

“Central Park Five”–Today’s Scottsboro Boys?

My Top Ten Movies for 2012–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

“Scottsboro”–The Inexcusable

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