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Md. Teens' 'Step' Journey Unfolds Amid Aftermath Of Freddie Gray's Death

4:15pm August 03, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

The documentary Step tracks a group of dancers at a Baltimore high school. It traces the journey of individual step dancers and what they go through to make their way to the next step in their lives.

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Former Vice President Al Gore shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on climate change.

Al Gore Warns That Trump Is A 'Distraction' From The Issue Of Climate Change

6:52pm August 02, 2017

by Terry Gross

"I have no illusions about the possibility of changing Donald Trump's mind," he says. Instead, the former vice president wants to build bipartisan consensus to address the crisis.

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Remembering Actress Jeanne Moreau, Icon Of French New Wave Cinema

3:17pm July 31, 2017

by Terry Gross

Moreau pursued acting despite her father's disapproval. She told Fresh Air, "I led a double life. ... He discovered it when he saw my picture on the front page." Moreau died Monday at the age of 89.

Charlize Theron plays MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde.

Arts

'Atomic Blonde' Director Brings Stuntman Skills To His 'Punk Rock Spy Thriller'

8:00am July 30, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

David Leitch worked as a stuntman on countless films before jumping into the director's chair. His new film follows a spy, played by Charlize Theron, as she punches her way through 1989 Berlin.

Jessica Williams plays a struggling playwright who is trying to get over an ex-boyfriend in The Incredible Jessica James.

Arts

Comic Jessica Williams On 'The Daily Show' And Learning To 'Never Be Average'

3:15pm July 25, 2017

by Terry Gross

Williams joined The Daily Show when she was 22. She says, "I was younger and I was black and I was a woman, so ... I'm like, I have something to prove." She now stars in The Incredible Jessica James.

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Bigelow's new film, Detroit, depicts the beginning of the Detroit riots and one of their most horrifying events.

Kathryn Bigelow's 'Detroit' Revisits An American Tragedy: The Algiers Motel Incident

5:27pm July 22, 2017

by Michel Martin

During the Detroit riots, three young black men were killed by white police officers at the Algiers Motel. The year was 1967, but Bigelow says, "It feels very much like it's today."

Zombie movie master George Romero started making movies when he was growing up in the Bronx.

Remembering George Romero, A Filmmaker Who Brought The Dead To Life

3:46pm July 21, 2017

by Terry Gross

Romero was known for graphic horror films like Night of the Living Dead, which showed corpses rising up to feast on the living. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1988.

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Fresh Air Remembers Oscar Award-Winning Actor Martin Landau

1:58pm July 20, 2017

Landau, who died Saturday, appeared in the films Crimes and Misdemeanors and Ed Wood, as well as in the 1960s TV series Mission Impossible. Originally broadcast in 1990.

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Fionn Whitehead plays Tommy, a British soldier awaiting evacuation, in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk.

'Dunkirk' Director Christopher Nolan: 'We Really Try To Put You On That Beach'

5:03am July 20, 2017

by David Greene

Nolan's latest film marks the first time he has tackled a true story: the heroic evacuation of British troops by civilians in small boats at the beginning of World War II.

Director George A. Romero attends the Night of the Living Dead World Premiere of Restored Print during the To Save and Project: The 14th MOMA International Festival of Film Preservation at MOMA on November 5, 2016 in New York City.

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George Romero, 'Night Of The Living Dead' Director, Dies At 77

10:12pm July 16, 2017

by Maquita Peters

The legendary film director died in his sleep on Sunday with his family by his side, "following a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer."