News, reviews, and event information for ‘High on the Hog: How African American
Cuisine Transformed America’ at on May 26, 2021, on Preview from the Houston
Chronicle.
The film director’s 10-episode Amazon Prime series is a fantastical yet
unflinching look at American slavery featuring a phenomenal performance from
newcomer Thuso Mbedu.
The warmly comedic story of three middle-age men and former kung-fu kings who
have to re-learn their martial-arts skills to solve a murder is predictable but
fun.