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The Historical Significance of Black Queer Films

March 7, 2019March 9, 2019 Emerald Rutledge Black film, Black Queers, blackness, Essex Hemphill, hip hop, Marlon Riggs, sexuality

In the context of the reemergence of Black nationalist rhetoric and ideologies in hip-hop music in the late 1980s and

Spike Lee, Nike, and Corporate Activism

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 E. James West Activism, Black film, black politics, black protest, film, Racial Capitalism, sports

In early September, Nike unveiled a new advertising campaign to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of its “Just Do It” motto,

‘BlacKkKlansman’ and William Shockley’s Eugenic Agenda

September 18, 2018September 19, 2018 Alexandra Fair Black film, Black women, film, Ku Klux Klan, white supremacy

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman‘ is a gladiatorial depiction of racism as a past returned into the present. In one of many

Documentaries for Teaching African American History since 1865

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 Joshua Clark Davis Black film, film, Jim Crow

Let’s face it: some students do almost no reading in our classes. But even if they seem to rarely crack

‘Footprints of Panafricanism’: An Interview with Filmmaker Shirikiana Aina

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Nubia Kai africa, African Diaspora, Black film, film, Pan-Africanism, West Africa, women in film

In today’s post, poet, playwright and novelist Nubia Kai interviews Shirikiana Aina about her new film, Footprints of Panafricanism. An independent filmmaker,