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“Movie: Herself ”
Phyllida Lloyd (“The Iron Lady,” “Mamma Mia!”) directed this wellreceived 2020 drama about a young mother (Clare Dunne, “Nice Night for It”) who escapes her abusive husband who fights back against a broken housing system. She endeavors to build her own home, and in the process rebuilds her life and rediscovers herself. Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill and Cathy Belton also star.
“Movie: Stage Mother”
Thom Fitzgerald (“Cloudburst,” “The Event”) directed this 2020 comedy that stars Academy Award nominee Jackie Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook,” “Animal Kingdom”) as a conservative church choir director who inherits her late son’s San Francisco drag club. Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier, Lenore Zann and Mya Taylor are also in the cast.
“Movie: One Night in Miami”
Regina King directed this 1964-set drama in which a young Cassius Clay, who had just defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach for the heavyweight championship, is forced to leave the island and the ensuing celebrations due to the Jim Crow laws of the time. Instead, he stays in a historically black neighborhood in Miami with three of his closest friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and football star Jim Brown. (ORIGINAL)
“Sons of the Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers”
From India comes this documentary series that follows the journey of the Jaipur Pink Panthers and their owner, Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, as they attempt to reclaim the champions trophy of India’s Pro Kabaddi League for the 2018-19 season. (ORIGINAL)