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
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder (Review)
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder (Review)

The Reading on Writing column returns this January with the industry classic, Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat!.

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