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Lee Daniels' The Butler tells the story of Eugene Allen, who worked as a butler in the White House for 34 years. Allen was on the front lines of some of the most important events in American history, from Jim Crow to the assassination of John F ...
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Taking as his point of departure the real-life story of a black White House butler who served under eight consecutive presidents, Daniels attempts to combine an intimate portrait of a single black family with a history of race relations in late-20th ...
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(EW.com) -- Lee Daniels' "The Butler" is an ambitious, sweeping period drama that manages to be incredibly affecting and feel as if the words ''For Your Consideration'' are stamped across every frame. Inspired by the true story of an African-American ...
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A few days after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, the Washington Post published an article about a black butler who served in the White House for 34 years, under eight presidents, from Truman to Reagan. Eugene Allen represented, as ...
