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FilmWeek: ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu,’ ‘The Hustle,’ ‘Tolkien’ and the history of African-Americans in Hollywood

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FilmWeek: ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu,’ ‘The Hustle,’ ‘Tolkien’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Justin Chang and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.
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Hollywood Black and the Silver Screen: A history of African-American actors and filmmakers

Author Donald Bogle’s new book, Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers, tells the history of African-Americans in cinema, both in front of the camera and behind it.
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