Selma
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Selma anniversary: Obama declares work of Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished
The US president says discrimination by law enforcement officers in Ferguson, Missouri, showed a lot of work needed to be done on race in America.
The Baftas don’t even bother with tokenism anymore
The lack of representation at the Baftas used to at least play on the organisers’ conscience. It’s taken a step back even from that.
New school of filmmakers creating narratives for the black experience
Selma’s release caps an interesting period for black cinema – where filmmakers got back to telling complex, unflinching stories about life in the US.