Warning: Spoilers Ahead I don’t know about you, but I can barely wait to see the conclusion of this 2-part series. I did not get to screen the finale, so I have as many questions as you do. Do Detective Jackie Nichols and Gloria Bobertz find more pieces to this […]
This investigative documentary follows two women as they work to unravel the mysterious disappearances that tormented the Lewis Clark Valley in the 1980s. The most chilling part of these cases? Investigators are certain who the killer is, but no one has been able to gather enough evidence to confidently prosecute him. This […]
East St. Louis has the highest homicide rate in the United States. With a decreasing number of officers, the police chief must work to lower the homicide rate amidst political obstacles. Risking alienation from his peers, a 12 year-old enters a training program for youngsters who want to protect and […]
Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: I’m squeamish. So I didn’t know if I’d be able to watch a film about a group of first year medical students navigating their gross anatomy class. But one of the things I think director Chip Duncan illustrates so beautifully […]
Weed saves lives. Cannabis has been off-limits to doctors and researchers in the US for the past 80 years, but recently scientists have discovered its anti-cancer properties. Armed with only these laboratory studies, desperate parents obtain cannabis oil from underground sources to save their children from childhood cancers. Weed the […]
 I, for one, am tired of hearing about young, unarmed black men being killed by cops. I’m not saying all cops are bad, because of course they’re not. But a disproportionately large group of black men are being shot and killed by law enforcement. So what can we do? […]
United Nations researchers report that between 1931 and 1945, the Japanese military forced an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 women and girls into institutionalized sexual slavery. Euphemistically referred to as “comfort women,†they typically ranged in age from 11 to 33 and were taken from Japanese colonies from Korea to Indonesia. […]
In 2014, 276 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Northern Nigeria, and hidden in the vast Sambisa forest for three years by Boko Haram, a violent Islamic insurgent movement. Granted exclusive access to the 82 girls who were freed last year and taken to a secret […]
Ever since Matt “Kroc” Kroczaleski could remember, he’d had two desires in life: to be a strong and to be a woman. Growing up as what he considered “white trash,” Matt overdid the macho thing so he wouldn’t have to deal with his vulnerabilities. When he joined the marines, it was a […]
I’ve always considered myself a fan of Shakespeare, but I have to admit that Shakespeare Uncovered allows me to geek out on a whole new level. I love that Shakespeare’s work is so enduring and as this series proves, there’s always a contemporary angle. Just because his original works were […]
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