In turbulent times, some people instinctively sense in their bones that they’re living through history. Others – often children – realize it by observing history’s effects on those around them. Taking up the perspective of the latter was the key ingredient of the original “Wonder Years,” which ran from 1988 to 1993. Starring Fred Savage […]

The documentary filmmaker talks about his latest subject, the editing process and his wordless conversation with ‘The Greatest.’

When an outspoken Howard University law student named Pauli Murray helped lead a group of students into Little Palace Cafeteria, a restaurant on Washington D.C.’s U Street, one spring afternoon, they didn’t come expecting lunch. It was 1943, and even in a neighborhood known for its flourishing Black businesses, vibrant theater scene (a.k.a. Black Broadway) […]