2007 · drama · music · political
Talk to Me
Directed by Kasi Lemmons1h 58m2007
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Our read: Talk to Me (2007) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded drama · music · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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