Jason Ament

Jason Ament

  • Born: 1971-7-18
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  • Extended Reading
    • Ladarius 2022-02-17 08:02:24

      [Film Review] The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) and One Night in Miami… (2020)

      Amid the all-the-rage Afrocentric cinema, here are two resounding directorial feature debuts from two African-American female hyphenates. THE 40-YEAR-OLD VERSION is playwright-actress-rapper-comedienne Radha Blank's semi-autobiographical account of her career struggle , whereas ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…...

    • Conor 2022-02-17 08:02:24

      Before the omen of death, choose a party or a faction?

      The movie condensed a glorious page of the 1964 black civil rights movement in one night, placing four completely different types of black representatives in the same cramped room and forced to face their most essential identity dilemma. As a 10-year-old Sam Cooke fan, it's really exciting to see...

    • Maverick 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      In an era when you may be killed if you don't like it, there will still be so many people who can stand up because they don't like it.

    • Javon 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      On the night of February 25, 1964, Cassius Clay, the future Ali, had just reached the pinnacle of his life; Malcolm X was the last year before his murder; Sam Cook, who was proud of his financial freedom, would never have imagined , he will be shot by the motel manager at the end of the year; and Jim Brown's football career is coming to an end and an actor's life is beginning. The lives of the four people meet on this hot night, and then move towards an unpredictable future. What matters this night is not the circumstances of life, but the confusion of the fate of the race. 7

    One Night in Miami... quotes

    • Jim Brown: This has been one strange fucking night.

    • Jim Brown: [regarding the ice cream in the motel room] Well, what flavor is it?

      Malcolm X: Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy...

      [pulls a second carton out of the freezer]

      Malcolm X: ...and vanilla.

      Jim Brown: Shit.

      Sam Cooke: How's that for irony?

      Malcolm X: Last time I checked, Brother Sam, vanilla was your flavor of choice.