Tag: Black History
Origin: A Hashtag Important Film
Following a critically claimed documentary series on Netflix, director Ava DuVernay returns to the big screen with another look at race and discrimination. Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel…
Read More »Rustin is Part How-to Guide for Political Organizing, Part Character Study, All Engaging (Middleburg Film Festival)
As protests rage on around the world, the how of these massive demonstrations is often forgotten or glossed over. Who organizes these protests? How are thousands of people corralled into one place fighting for one cause? Rustin reintroduces…
Read More »Emancipation is a Brutal Film About Perseverance and Determination
Yep, it’s another slave movie. In recent years, many consumers, of all races, have expressed fatigue over the flow of films coming from Hollywood that depict American slavery and the brutal treatment that the ancestors of African Americans…
Read More »The Woman King: How to Balance Historical Accuracy and Filmmaking
Historically based films in Hollywood have never been lauded for their accuracy. Some of film’s most beloved cinematic masterpieces have been extremely dubious with the truth surrounding their stories, sometimes egregiously so. Despite this, these films are usually…
Read More »Master Should Spell the End of “Being Black in America is the Real Horror!” Horror Films (Sundance Film Festival)
The 2017 release of Get Out felt like such an event. A true cultural reset where a genre that traditionally has been known for ridding itself of its black characters before you got halfway through your bucket of…
Read More »Alice Feels Uneven, But Keke Palmer Keeps the Audience Invested (Sundance Film Festival)
All Americans grow up learning that the slave trade was ended after the end of the Civil War with the passage of the slave amendments, inspired by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Yet, as time has gone on,…
Read More »Passing: Wherever You Go, There You Are (Sundance Film Festival)
The issue of identity in the United States has always been a pressing issue and it shows no signs of slowing down. The matter of which racial, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, or other group a person belongs will…
Read More »Candyman Cuts Itself Off Through Heavy Handed Messaging
After being hyped for what turned into a couple of years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, finally the anticipated newest entry in the Candyman franchise has arrived onscreen. This one features a rising director at the helm,…
Read More »Judas and the Black Messiah Examines the Weight of Struggle
“A badge is scarier than a gun. Any n—– in the streets can get a gun. A badge it’s like you got the whole damn army behind you.” The history of American leftist activism is rife with subterfuge…
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Shirley Documents The Audacity of Self Belief
Forty-four years before Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President, one Congresswoman had the audacity to try her hand at the biggest political office on the planet. Shirley documents the historic 1972 Presidential campaign of black U.S. congresswoman Shirley…
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