For my first set of reviews in the Obama era I carefully (okay – accidentally) chose three genre movies that show different aspects of where President Obama is coming from and what he’s up against:
SHAFT IN AFRICA represents the young Barry Obama who, while protesting South African apartheid, learned to respect his heritage and restore his given name.
APPALOOSA depicts the perverted justice system that Obama has set out to repair because “we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.”
SOLDIER shows a futuristic example of a military force (in this case Kurt Russell) beginning to be used more wisely and ethically.
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