‘Frybread Face and Me’ A universal film encapsulates the Diné way of life
During summer days spent at grandma’s ranch, reality sinks in by way of dirt, sheep bleating in the distance, and grandma’s hogan waiting for us.
Texas Standard for Dec. 7, 2023: State stops effort to reclaim Fairfield Lake State Park
A lot has been said about the year 2020. And many folks may feel like they’d just as soon leave it in the rear-view mirror, given the tumult of that year. So what can a new documentary about that time tell us now? Maybe more than you might think.
The Best Movies of 2023
Not since “Roots” has an American drama taken such an ambitious, all-encompassing approach to the stain of slavery. “Origin” is not about ancestry, but the seeds of a system that dehumanizes one group so that others may dominate them — a dynamic for which...
Few Films Make Ideas Exciting, but “Origin” Succeeds
Hollywood movies have a problem with intellectual endeavor; just look at the thinly imagined inner lives of the titular protagonists of “Oppenheimer” and “Maestro.” But Ava DuVernay’s new movie, “Origin,” a bio-pic about the journalist and historian Isabel Wilkerson...
Meet Aunt Lucy in ‘Frybread Face and Me’: Kahara Hodges’ Role Explored
Netflix’s latest coming-of-age drama, “Frybread Face and Me,” emerges as a poignant character study, delving into the depths of familial bonds, self-discovery, and the essence of friendship.