Tag: Lucian Msamati
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a marvelous gem from the past
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a 16 year old television series, is streaming now on Max. If you’ve never seen it, I suggest you watch it. Even if you saw it before, watch it again. It’s based on the marvelous books by Alexander McCall Smith. If you haven’t read the books, I suggest you…
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Review: Black Earth Rising
In Black Earth Rising, Hugo Blick’s 8 part mini-series on Netflix, we watch a metaphoric chess game taking place. Humans claim dominion over the game. They assume different roles on the game board, determined by greed or altruism, the quest for power, the quest for justice, the need to love or to hate. When the…
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Review: Kiri
Kiri is a four-part drama out of the UK’s channel 4, now streaming on Hulu following National Treasure. There were no starring roles in this tightly-drawn cast, but the standout player for me was Sarah Lancashire as Miriam Grayson, a social worker.