Pandemic Productions
A trio of titles shot under quarantine conditions:
the doc ‘Pornstar Pandemic: The Guys’; the web series ‘The Building: Under Lockdown’; and Shudder horror flick ‘Host’
Multicultural
‘Bubbies and Sistas’
The 3 stars of JLTV’s ‘Bubbies Know Best’ have now teamed with 3 African-American Jewish women for ‘Bubbies and Sistas Know Best,’ streaming right here
African Diaspora Film Fest
The African Diaspora International Film Festival is free online from July 24 to July 30. We highlight five picks, including ‘The Citizen’ from Hungary and ‘White Lies’ from New Zealand
The ‘LIE’: ‘Life is Easy’
A straight ethnic woman and her BFF, a gay white man, wake up in each others’ bodies in Revry’s new 8-episode comedy ‘Life is Easy’
Feeling ‘Black and Blue’
‘Black and Blue — A Court TV Special,’ a 1-hour look at the criminal justice system and African-Americans, airs tonight, June 22, over Court TV and 4 other channels
Watch ‘Watchmen’ Free
Celebrate Juneteenth and remember Tulsa’s racist legacy through HBO’s ‘Watchmen,’ free all weekend
Hulu’s ‘Gullah Way’ Free
Hulu’s “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi’ debuts today, with one episode, “The Gullah Way,” available free on YouTube and right here through June 21
‘Bubbies and Grannies’
The 3 stars of JLTV’s ‘Bubbies Know Best’ have teamed with 3 African-American grandmothers for ‘Bubbies and Grannies Know Best,’ now streaming free
Freed Films Fight Racism
Our guide to newly free films on racial injustice from The Criterion Channel, Paramount. Showtime, Starz and Warner Bros. including Just Mercy and Selma
Have ‘Mercy’ on Them
Warner Bros. ‘Just Mercy’ is renting free through the end of June. The film, focusing on racial injustice, stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson
