https://mrqe.com Tue, 19 May 2026 21:14:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/rwby-volume-5-m100123264/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/rwby-volume-5-m100123264/ A portrait of cosplayer Jessica Nigri, from a magical childhood growing up with quirky parents in New Zealand, to entering middle school in the U.S. where she was mercilessly teased for her “nerdy” interests.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/when-i-rise-m100100557/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/when-i-rise-m100100557/ A documentary about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. A gifted black music student at the University of Texas is thrust into a civil rights storm that changes her life forever. Barbara Smith Conrad is cast in an opera opposite a white male classmate fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature. Barbara’s expulsion from the cast escalates the incident to national news, prompting unexpected support from a pop superstar. This small-town girl, whose voice and spirit stem from her roots in East Texas, emerges as an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages worldwide.

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