The Hate U Give review: Socially timely, emotionally potent, and painfully essential

Your reality is not the same as everyone else’s. Circumstances outside of your control shape and affect your life and how you see the world. As a brown kid growing up in Chicago’s south side, I was shaped by my…

[Interview] Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal dig deep on local and national social issues in ‘Blindspotting’

Every day, our country faces another political or social escalation. With new, racially motivated attacks happening daily, our country is a powder keg on the verge of combustion. Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal started writing Blindspotting 10 years ago, knowing that…

Sundance 2018 Review: Blindspotting

Blindspotting is a comedy, except when it’s not. The switches are jarring, but that’s real life. One minute, you’re driving home from work after a seemingly normal day, the next, you’re a witness to a police shooting against an unarmed…