Movie Review: Talk to Me

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I just finished watching 'Talk To Me' starring Don Cheadle (who I absolutely love), Taraji P. Henson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. When the movie came out, I had wanted to see it, but didn't put to much effort into doing so - my life as a mother, wife, freelanceer, doing too much and not getting enough me time, but I'll talk about that another time.

Since I'm on vacation, I'm taking the opportunity to catch up on a few things such as this. The story was awesome! A story of being aggressive and having gumption to go after what you desire (which we all need to learn) despite what our hindrances may be (in his case being an ex con). The performances were provocative. As is always the case with Don Cheadle, but Chiwetel is a very good actor as well.

The movie actually left me wanting to know more, not only about Petey Greene, but also about Dewey Hughes, and the relation to Radio One's Cathy Hughes. I'm sure I'll invest the time to find out more and write up a proflie for Urban Profiles, my latest and most touching project coming in February 2008.

I did, however, begin looking around for some info on Petey Greene and found a few clips on YouTube.

I'm actually most interested in hearing his broadcast from the night Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated and the D.C. riots ensued. I'll be looking for that too. In the meantime. I highly recommend Talk To Me, currently on DVD and would give it a 5 out of 5 stars.