Atlantics, His House, and Migration’s Ghosts
Is there actually always a way out? Taken literally, the answer to that question is an obvious yes, for thereContinue Reading
Category: Black History Month
As part of Black History Month, we’ve shared a number of our favorite films related to Black lives.
The Innocence of Childhood & the Destruction of Gentrification in Crooklyn
Following his success with Malcolm X, Spike Lee turned the camera onto his own life with Crooklyn, a semi-autobiographical filmContinue Reading
Malcolm X’s World, and the World Around Us
“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believeContinue Reading
Psyche vs. Eros in Losing Ground
Losing Ground starts unremarkably enough with a scene of Sarah Rogers (Seret Scott), a college professor of philosophy, lecturing onContinue Reading
Inside Man, Heists, and the Distribution of Power
Inside Man may be Spike Lee‘s most commercial joint but it’s far from lacking in the incisive social commentary alwaysContinue Reading
Old School from a New Perspective: Devil in a Blue Dress
Director Carl Franklin’s Devil in a Blue Dress opens with a shot of a Black neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles.Continue Reading
The Long Con of Chameleon Street
The malleability of racial identity has been at the heart of many notable works of art, perhaps none more famousContinue Reading
Romance and Reggae in Lovers Rock
Steve McQueen, quite simply, is an exquisite filmmaker. As an artist, he is similar to a trained fighter with knowledgeContinue Reading
The Righteous Anger of Watermelon Man
Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is a racist. He may cover it up in “jokes” or off-color comments that he triesContinue Reading
Persecution in Mangrove
The arrival of Steve McQueen‘s five films combined into the miniseries Small Axe is timely with a rise in protestsContinue Reading
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