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

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May 10, 2019

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

Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Justin Chang and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases. We also discuss the history of African-Americans in Hollywood with film historian and author Donald Bogle.

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Rebel Wilson stars as Penny Rust and Anne Hathaway as Josephine Chesterfield
in THE HUSTLE, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.
Credit: Christian Black / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures© 2018 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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

Listen • 28:56

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Justin Chang and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

Hollywood Black and the Silver Screen: A history of African-American actors and filmmakers

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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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