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“Why Aren’t Black People More Optimistic?”

In a 1968 interview, television personality Dick Cavett asked James Baldwin, renowned author-activist, what many white Americans at that time

On the night of February 11, 2018, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosted two sold out screenings for the

“What if black film could be something other than embodied? What if black film was immaterial and bodiless? What if

This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.

When Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight won the best picture Oscar earlier this year, I shared my optimism on this blog about the