Author Archives: tonipressleysanon
Master
I have wanted to watch the film Master, starring Regina Hall, written and directed by Mariama Diallo, since it first came out last spring on Prime video. Something always came up–which is fine. Everything in its time. I finally got to watch … Continue reading
Tagged film, film review
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I Broke Up with Netflix/Don’t Look Up
As I hovered my finger over the “Cancel” button just a few days before I was scheduled to have yet another $14.99 deducted from my bank account, I remembered with fondness my many hours spent with Netflix. How it had … Continue reading
On the Road Again! Mahogany Bookstore and Drifting
A few years ago I visited Washington, DC expressly to visit the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. At the time, there were still plenty of crowds, but I had waited until the initial rush had passed. So, … Continue reading
We Demand Our Share of Life: Exploring Haiti’s Cinematic Truths
This past Saturday Haiti suffered yet another blow to what I consider its ongoing revolutionary war. For independence. For true and lasting freedom. This most recent blow was in the form of a 7.2 earthquake, bigger than the one that devastated … Continue reading
Posted in Afro-Caribbean, Caribbean, culture, film, Haiti
Tagged Caribbean, film, Haiti, interview, Toni Pressley-Sanon
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Now What?: Beyond Juneteenth
Saturday was Juneteenth, the 156th anniversary of Union soldiers making their way to Galveston, Texas and Major General Gordon Granger informing thousands of enslaved people that they were finally freed from their bondage. Two and a half years earlier, on … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, culture, history, reparations, slavery
Tagged angel kyodo williams, Juneteenth, opinion, Tuere Sala
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Review of Angie Cruz’s Dominicana
Several months ago I received an email in my inbox from an organization called One Book, One Bronx. Because, as you know, I am an avid lover of literature, I clicked on the link to be taken to the wonderful world of an … Continue reading
Tagged Angie Cruz, book review, Dominicana, review
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Review of Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The whole time I watched Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday I thought, “Ignorance is bliss,” an adage to which I used to wholeheartedly subscribe. And now I know that after so many years of breathing (an accomplishment) … Continue reading
Posted in Afro-Caribbean, black women, film, review
Tagged film review, Nina Simone, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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Review of George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue
For the past few months I’ve been reading George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir Manifesto (2020). You may be asking why it would take me several months to read a book that is a little under 300 … Continue reading
The Little Things: Nope
I have immense respect for Denzel Washington and his acting chops. It doesn’t hurt that he is a particularly gorgeous black man. The last thing I saw him in was August Wilson’s Fences (2016) starring opposite Viola Davis. Then I … Continue reading
Review of Joy Harjo’s Crazy Brave
For the longest time I had the United States poet laureate, Joy Harjo’s memoir, Crazy Brave (2013), in my Amazon wishlist. The book’s cover, which features the profile of a beautiful raven haired woman, made me want to know more … Continue reading
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