Arts

Boots Riley Mines His Experiences As A Telemarketer In 'Sorry To Bother You'

3:27pm July 02, 2018

by Terry Gross

The social satire takes aim at corporations that underpay and exploit workers. This is Riley's first film — he has a long career as a rapper — and his band, The Coup, plays on the film's soundtrack.

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Ant-Man (Paul Rudd, L) and The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly, R) find fighting crime is no picnic in Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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Wee, The People: 'Ant-Man And The Wasp'

5:01am July 02, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The sequel to 2015's Ant-Man is just as light and inconsequential, but a forgettable villain and an over-complicated plot means it has to work harder — and it shows.

In Woman Walks Ahead, an artist and activist from New York City (Jessica Chastain) travels to North Dakota to make a portrait of Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes).

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'Woman Walks Ahead' Lead Sees A Sea Change For Indigenous People On Film

8:14am July 01, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Michael Greyeyes, a Cree actor from a First Nation in Canada, plays the great Native American chief Sitting Bull in a new film. He says it's the role of a lifetime — and a portent of things to come.

"The Darkest Time of Night" by Jeremy Finley

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'Darkest Time Of Night' Will Keep You Turning Pages

7:00am July 01, 2018

by Bethanne Patrick

Television investigative reporter Jeremy Finley brings his small-screen experience to bear in this debut novel, a satisfyingly suspenseful thriller with overtones of The X-Files and Stranger Things.

Alvin, played by LJ Moses, performs "We Can't Stop," during the musical East of the River at the Anacostia Arts Center Friday night.

Musical 'East Of The River' Examines A Gentrifying Anacostia

11:00am June 30, 2018

Set amid a theoretical debate about a potential Whole Foods arriving in the historically underserved Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the musical looks at the good and the bad of gentrification.

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At first, the reunion was joyous, as the triplets discovered all the quirks and similarities they shared. But "the events that happened to them and their reunion caused a lot of tragedy as well," says Tim Wardle. Above, Eddy Galland, left, and his brother

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Separated Triplets Offer A Glimpse Into 'The Wild West Of Psychology'

8:13am June 30, 2018

by Scott Simon

Would they have been better off not knowing about each other? That's the question director Tim Wardle keeps asking himself — he's the director of a documentary called Three Identical Strangers.

Hearing From New American Citizens This Independence Day

8:13am June 30, 2018

It's almost the Fourth of July. We reached out on social media to folks who recently became American citizens to find out what the holiday means to them.

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Looking At Photographer George Rodriguez

8:13am June 30, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

Photographer George Rodriguez has chronicled a visual history of Los Angeles over his multidecade career. His work is being celebrated in a new book as well as his first retrospective.

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Step Away From The 'Trauma Buffet' With These 5 Beach Reads By Authors Of Color

7:00am June 30, 2018

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Sometimes it seems like authors of color are relegated to writing about nothing but suffering, says author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. But we all need a taste of happiness — starting with these five books.

At The Education Department, Student Artworks Explore Tolerance And Racism

5:43pm June 29, 2018

by LA Johnson

In an exhibit at the department's headquarters in Washington, young artists speak out through their work about race, sexuality and about being young and having a voice.