A Brief History On November 23, 2022, American audiences will have the opportunity to see a new motion picture we got to pre-screen the other day, a Korean War era historical/biographical film about the first African American Naval aviator, a man named Jesse Brown (Jonathan Majors), touching on the struggles with racism in the recently integrated US military as well as his loving family and devoted White friend, fellow pilot Tom Hudner. Digging Deeper Devotion features thrilling flight scenes of US Navy fighter aircraft in peacetime and in combat, which for me was portrayed in brilliant cinematic fashion, though not…
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A Brief History Comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The People We Hate at the Wedding on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM Eastern! For your chance to watch a virtual screening, please log on to https://amazonscreenings.com/PEOPLEWEDDINGhistory. Digging Deeper Based on the book by Grant Ginder, the film follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the wedding week,…
A Brief History Biographical war drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Devotion on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 6:30PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD on 6001 Canal Rd. in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://gofobo.com/DEVOTIONHH16. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the…
A Brief History On November 7, 921, the Treaty of Bonn was signed by two Frankish kings, Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler. Once more, as we have noted in other articles, kings and other leaders have had some pretty goofy names. Digging Deeper Henry got his moniker, “The Fowler,” because of his affinity for hunting birds, and was said to be fixing his bird catching nets when a messenger found him to tell him he had become King of East Francia. The other party to this Germanic treaty was King Charles III of West Francia, known better as Charles…
A Brief History On November 6, 963, Holy Roman Emperor Otto I called a council in Rome to depose the current Pope, John XII, on charges of leading an armed rebellion against Otto, as well as conducting his secular affairs in a corrupt and immoral manner. Digging Deeper Pope John XII was born in Rome to a rich and powerful family, and in what would seem strange today, became Pope when he was either in his late teens or early twenties! In a time when the Pope was expected to rule as a secular leader as well as providing spiritual…