Marshall (2017)
First screened in October 2017
Director: Reginald Hudlin. Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, Kate Hudson, James Cromwell, Keesha Sharp, Roger Guenveur Smith, Barrett Doss, Derrick Baskin, Marina Squerciati, John Magaro, Ahna O'Reilly, Jussie Smollett, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sophia Bush, Jeremy Bobb. Screenplay: Jacob Koskoff and Michael Koskoff.

Twitter Capsule: Disheartening that this is the case Hollywood chose to commemorate. Thurgood muted. Bad lensing. Boseman, Brown stranded.

VOR:   It's hard to get films like this produced, but this one is full of aesthetic and thematic compromise, including foregrounded but flat white characters.



Photo © 2017 Open Road Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: D+


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