Romancing the Stone (1984) - Written by Diane Thomas (Script Breakdown)
Romancing the Stone (1984) - Written by Diane Thomas (Script Breakdown)

This is the first in an ongoing series of script breakdowns from Mercedes K. Milner, host of the WODC’s Script to Screen Podcast. These are companion pieces to the podcast for visual learners interested in digesting the information in article format.

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Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet (Review)
Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet (Review)

In Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama, David Mamet breaks down the three act structure and parallels it with life and human connection to drama.

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The WODC’s Favorite Action Femmes (Global Edition)
The WODC’s Favorite Action Femmes (Global Edition)

When you love women in action as much as we do, it’s hard to narrow down the list to a few faves, but we tried and did. Check out our shortlist of action femmes that captured our Write or Die hearts.

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Let's Talk About..., Lost in TranslationThe Write or Die Chicksaction, Female Led, female led narratives, feminism, female characters, female protagonists, women in action, Queen Sono, Mulan, Hua Mulan, Nikita, La Femme Nikita, Luc Besson, Underworld, Resident Evil, action movies, movies, films, femmeComment
Film Blackness by Michael Boyce Gillespie (Review)
Film Blackness by Michael Boyce Gillespie (Review)

For Black History Month, we dove deep into black film theory with Michael Boyce Gillespie’s Film Blackness. By studying four Black films that span the genre, tone, and time period spectrum, Gillespie gives readers an introduction to the multifaceted world of film Blackness.

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The WODC's 14 Days of Black Love
The WODC's 14 Days of Black Love

We curated a list of films to make you laugh, cry and feel the love, then, we rated them.

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ReviewsThe Write or Die Chickssylvie's love, waiting to exhale, what men want, premature, malcolm & marie, the photograph, love jones, guava island, small axe, lovers rock, jumping the broom, if beale street could talk, the incredible jessica james, seriously single, queen & slim, lena waithe, lwazi mvusi, barry jenkins, kiki layne, stephan james, regina king, teyonah parris, fulu mugovhani, tuni morake, bohang moeko, yonda thomas, daniel kaluuya, jodie turner-smith, bokeem woodbine, chloe sevigny, jim strouse, james c. strouse, jessica williams, chris o'dowd, lakeith stanfield, noel wells, steve mcqueen, courttia newland, rebecca lenkiewicz, donald glover, rhianna, stephen glover, ibra ake, jamal olori, fam udeorji, theodore witcher, larenz tate, nia long, stella meghie, issa rae, sam levinson, john david washington, zendaya, rashaad ernesto green, zora howard, joshua boone, tina gordon, taraji p. henson, aldis hodge, eugene ashe, tessa thompson, nnamdi asomugha, terry mcmillanComment