Los Angeles Times

Black women pulled together for a Senate seat. Now it’s pulling Black women apart

The U.S. House of Representatives was descending into uncharted depths of chaos, with one Republican even fretting that a debate over whether to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy would devolve into a ...
Yahoo

Is Lee Daniels’ The Butler Based on a True Story? Real Events, Facts & People

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) navigates through the pivotal events and societal changes in the United States. It follows the life of Cecil Gaines, who is a butler in the White House, and he witnesses ...
IndieWire

Review: ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ is a Saccharine Civil Rights Lesson — But That’s Why It Works

The title was changed from “The Butler” to “Lee Daniels‘ The Butler” for legal purposes, but the fourth directing credit from the eccentric filmmaking voice behind “Precious” and “The Paperboy” marks ...
The Film Stage

[Review] Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Yours truly has struggled to understand how much Lee Daniels, the eponymous director of / possessor in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, is playing his new film as a wink and nod. The true story of the White ...