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  Ten Reasons Miamians Should See Crazy Rich Asians

  August 15 at 8:42 a.m.

  Asians are among the smallest minority groups in the Magic City. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Asians in Miami-Dade County was 1.6 percent in 2010. The national percentage of Asians is approximately 5 percent. So representation of Asians in Miami is lacking, to say the least.

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  Minding the Gap Charts Three Rust Belt Youths Struggling to Skate Through Life

  August 15 at 8 a.m.

  Though it’s been assembled from all types of footage over many years, Minding the Gap is visually mesmerizing, and the fact that the director belongs to this subculture turns the film’s style into a kind of philosophical stance

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  ArtCenter/South Florida Offers $100,000 to Miami Filmmakers

  August 9 at 9:08 a.m.

  Compared to New York and Los Angeles — and let’s not forget Atlanta — Miami can be a difficult place for an independent filmmaker to get funding for a feature film. Last year, Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a rebate system that called for film or television productions to spend...

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  The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Will Be Taped in Miami Beach Just Before Midterm Elections

  August 7 at 2:56 p.m.

  Florida's an obvious target for political jokes. So Daily Show host Trevor Noah will have plenty of material to draw from when he brings the Comedy Central show to Miami Beach in late October. A special "undesked" week of programming will be taped before a live audience at the Fillmore Miami...

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  John David Washington on "Uncle Spike" and BlacKkKlansman

  August 6 at 9 a.m.

  When John David Washington stood up and joined a series of elementary school kids declaring “I am Malcolm X” in Spike Lee’s 1992 movie Malcolm X, he never thought he’d actually become an actor. Much less did he expect to appear in a leading role in a future Spike...

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  Classic Films Showing in Miami This August

  August 6 at 8:30 a.m.

  You've probably already upped your movie intake recently — it's a foolproof way to escape the summer heat. But if you need more inspiration to buy those tickets, here it is: Miami's art cinemas have quite the collection of classics available for viewing this August. Bill Cosford Cinema. Flaming Classics...