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On Nostalgia: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and Black Religion in Three Sacred Facts

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Rhon Manigault-Bryant #Watchmen, Black film, digital media, film, music, popular culture, religion

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. Warning: This essay

How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary

September 5, 2019September 16, 2019 Christopher Willoughby Activism, Black film, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film, health, medicine

“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald

‘A Gateway to Self-Discovery’: An Interview with Elegance Bratton

August 2, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley #TonguesUntied30, Black cinema, Black film, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. Keelyn Bradley:

Radical Hospitality and the Beauty of Black Queer Kinship

August 1, 2019July 28, 2019 Emerald Rutledge #TonguesUntied30, Black film, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. It was

Queer, Gender Blender, Blur: A Meditation on Tongues Untied

July 31, 2019September 2, 2019 Marquis Bey #TonguesUntied30, art, Black film, film, Gay Men of African Descent, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. As we