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Another film that's enlightening is CNN's documentary on American prisons.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginI didn't truly get the Black Lives Matter movement. Now I do.It's just not how prisoners are treated in jail but how they get there. A lot of people in prison aren't there for public safety. As in most things in the US, it comes down to money. So if you have money, you can avoid prison. If you are poor, you can't. Many people in jail are there because they couldn't pay a $100 traffic ticket or they have an uncollected debt or they got ticketed for not mowing their lawn. Debtors prison is alive and well in the US as is, I'll use the word, slavery. One thing that was shocking is that the government bills people for their time in jail. If they can't pay, then that's another crime they are convicted of and they get sent back to prison for some more time. Which in turn adds to their prison debt which they are even less likely to be able to pay. Which sends them back to jail again. This can go on for years.US prisons have no motivation to get people out of jail. Quite the opposite. US prisons make a lot of money off their prisoners. They sell prison labor for at least minimum wage and pay the prisoners either pennies per hour or nothing at all. Prisons need a labor force to sell. I don't think that incarcerating people and forcing them to work against their will should be a profit making venture. Not everything should be about money.
I’m curious about your reactions There isn’t a lot of buzz about it but I found it absorbing
Really glad to see this thread. I recently saw an indie film called Puzzle starring Kelly MacDonald and Irrfan Khan. I really enjoyed it and it really reminded me how much I love jigsaw puzzles.I saw all the posts about Sorry To Bother You and Blindspotting which are both on my to watch list. I'd like to add that I really want to see Ewan McGregor in Christopher Robin, The Happytime Murders (after watching the trailer --I really like grown-up muppet movies), Alpha, The Wife, and The Bookshop.
Christopher Robin was SO GOOD. It really pulls at the heartstrings. I definitely teared up a couple of times due to overwhelming nostalgia. And it's just so darn cute.
this movie may get me to actually pay money to see it - assuming it won't be in an AMC theatreI THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW
The Happytime Murders (after watching the trailer --I really like grown-up muppet movies), Alpha, The Wife, and The Bookshop.
There are things you don't want to watch your parents doing. Those same things you don't want to watch the puppets who taught you the alphabet to do either.
I was able to get out of seeing Happytime Murders this past weekend. ;D We went and saw The Miseducation of Cameron Post instead. I thought it was good -- but my oldest daughter absolutely loved it, whereas my husband would no doubt say it was just ok. During the trailers, there was a preview for Boy Erased which seems to have a very related storyline, but I thought Boy Erased looks really great...I expect I'll prefer it over The Miseducation of Cameron Post. This weekend we're seeing Searching! Excited about it.