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Miracle at St. Anna is a war movie interwoven with a mystery film. The viewer has most likely seen a war movie before but they probably have not seen one quite like this. Miracle at St. Anna begins with a “random” act of violence with no apparent motive in New York City on December 19, 1983.

(With Miracle at St. Anna opening this week, we at Cinematical are re-running our review from the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.) By James Rocchi Spike Lee's films have always been fraught with the potential for greatness and disaster, shuddering with a nervy wire-walking energy that

Scott: This Spike Lee joint is filled with emotions that we haven’t seen from a war movie lately, and left me wanting more. The story follows 4 black soldiers in WWII that are part of a group that has to storm a Nazi covered hillside.

Spike Lee's latest movie, Miracle at St. Anna, is about the sometimes forgotten contribution of African-American soldiers during World War II. It's based on James McBride's novel of the same name. While battling racism from the U.S.

Miracle at St. Anna is A SPIKE LEE dis(JOINT)ed film. Unfortunately the only miracle at this premiere was that people didn’t get up and leave the theater before it was over. The film starts with the seemingly random killing of a man in a post office.

Miracle at St. Anna tells the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the U.S. Army as part of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. They find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.

Celebrities attend the event at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City.

Spike Lee's films have always been fraught with the potential for greatness and disaster, shuddering with a nervy wire-walking energy that makes them superb when they stay on the narrow space between ambition and execution and gives you a long time to watch the fall when they don't.

The story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.

Miracle at St. Anna” chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.