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Top 5 Black Movies and TV Shows of 2017 and No, She’s Gotta Have It Didn’t Make the Cut
2017 was a great year for black movies and TV shows, but one would not know it if one looked only at most critics’ year-end top 10 lists. That’s why The Root presents to you the best black films and TV shows of 2017—but first, a few caveats: 1) Power is not on the list…
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Sleight Is an Imperfect Magic Trick Well Worth the Ride
Sleight could, and maybe should, have been a disaster. It is not a “superhero film” in the vein of comic book legends Marvel and DC; yet it is also not a “magic film” like The Prestige or Now You See Me. It could have failed because subverting genre expectations is dangerous. Do it right, and…