‘It should have been celebrated’: the fight to save a thriving Black school | Documentary films

Let the Little Light Shine still

There’s a moment early in Let the Little Light Shine, a riveting documentary on one community’s fight to preserve their grade school, when it becomes clear that Chicago’s National Teachers Academy is no ordinary place. […]

Doc about Aretha Franklin mired in legal fight

Elliott is currently embroiled in a lawsuit-the latest in the Aretha Franklin documentary, "Amazing Grace".

When “Amazing Grace,” the long-awaited documentary of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 gospel performance premiered to sold-out audiences in November 2018, first in New York and then Los Angeles, the reception was euphoric. NPR hailed the film […]