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It's 1904, and the mayor of Dayton, Ohio, Snyder (Timothy J. Cox) is
hell-bent on getting black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (A. Slate) as a guest
speaker for his 4th of July extravaganza. But while Snyder basically wants
Dunbar as a feather in his hat, Dunbar wants to use the stage given to him
to bring his political message across - in a poem addressing racism even
decades after the emancipation that's as powerful as it's poignant. So
during a dinner at Dunbar's place to hammer out a deal, the standpoints of
the two men couldn't be further apart - until Dunbar's mother uses her
common sense to relieve the situation ... A pretty powerful
short that manages to address issues regarding racism that are relevant
even today (as in more than 100 years after the events depicted in the
film) and manages to do so without any spectacle, really relying on the
dialogue and the actors (and one of Dunbar's poems) to drive the message
home, in a very subtle yet compelling way. A film that almost certainly
will get you thinking - and that's all the more worthwhile for it.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
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