“I’se still climbin’, and life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Langston Hughes “I am not tragically colored……I do not weep at the world.” Zora Neale Huston “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” James Baldwin The… Continue reading Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
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The Sistahs Are NOT Your “Superwomen”
It’s one of the most pivotal scenes in the classic 1985 film, The Color Purple: set in 1930s rural Georgia, Ms. Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) is in town running errands with her family, when she’s approached out of nowhere by Ms. Millie, a white woman who happens to be a mayor’s wife. “Would you like to… Continue reading The Sistahs Are NOT Your “Superwomen”
“…Expanding our real estate as women of color”: Hitting the “High Note” with Tracee Ellis Ross
As she appears on the computer screen for AAFCA’s Virtual roundtable, Tracee Ellis Ross is the picture of casual glam: bare arms, elegant gold jewelry and her signature mane smoothed back to emphasize her expressive eyes and a mega-watt, magenta-from-MAC painted smile. Clearly excited about the video-on-demand release of her first-ever feature film, The High… Continue reading “…Expanding our real estate as women of color”: Hitting the “High Note” with Tracee Ellis Ross
“Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
“My freedom doesn’t end where your fears begin.” “Fake crisis, Dr. Fauci is wrong!” “The cure is deadlier than COVID, no virus cancels the constitution!” Less than one month into the nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, protests began. The economy at a standstill and unemployment rates at Depression-era highs, people marched… Continue reading “Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
“It has Never Been More Important Than Now To Promote Awareness About… Worthy Content”: The Gil Robertson/AAFCA Q&A
“Lorrie, look…..isn’t that Eddie Murphy walking right in over there?” It was a warm yet misty November night: I was surrounded by 30-odd fellow members of the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and we were sitting at assorted tables and marble countertops, sipping on cocktails and nibbling petit fours after the private Netflix-hosted screening of… Continue reading “It has Never Been More Important Than Now To Promote Awareness About… Worthy Content”: The Gil Robertson/AAFCA Q&A