“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, brother, partner and uncle Menelik Shabazz, age 67.
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REFLECTION: A Response to The BBC’s Moral Maze On Diversity: Part 2
InternationalReflections August 10, 2020
AKA Why I No Longer Want To Speak about Race & Diversity To the BFI (and all the other White People that provide public funding for filmmakers in the UK) or Any Of My White Producer friends Part 2 Several weeks ago I wrote an article about race and... Read more
REFLECTION: A Response to The BBC’s Moral Maze On Diversity
InternationalReflections January 31, 2020
AKA Why I No Longer Want To Speak about Race & Diversity To the BFI (and all the other White People that provide public funding for filmmakers in the UK) or Any Of My White Producer friends: After ‘working ‘ in the film and television industry for some time... Read more
Decolonizing Mammy
ReflectionsWomen October 2, 2019
Warning: In this analysis of the Tate Taylor film Ma starring Octavia Spencer, the post contains spoilers. This September, Harlem rapper Azealia Banks took to Instagram to disparage plus-size singer Lizzo shortly after her single Truth Hurts hit number one on the Billboard charts. "Lmao the fact that the... Read more
REFLECTION: Black Power Hollywood Style
Reflections July 19, 2019
Will African American directors’ breakthrough into mainstream filmmaking change Hollywood or will Hollywood change them? Director and Oakland, California native Ryan Coogler infused a seemingly unlikely homage to the Black Panther Party into the Marvel universe in last year’s runaway blockbuster hit Black Panther. Setting the film’s opening scene... Read more
