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Author: Oluwatayo Adewole

Disney+’s “Hamilton” throws away its shot

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s world-changing musical comes to vivid life on Disney+, but can’t escape the complexities of its cultural dissonance.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” has soured with time

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Gus Van Sant’s squeaky clean biopic about the famed gay rights activist marks a myopic and pandering misstep in the director’s filmography.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on June 24, 2020July 2, 2020

“Miss Juneteenth” is a charming ode to Black womanhood

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Channing Godfrey Peoples makes her debut with an emotional, inspiring tale of the complicated roads Black women must walk in America.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

Spike Lee heads to Vietnam in the bracing, powerful “Da 5 Bloods”

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Spike Lee explores the painful history of Blackness in American warfare with this lengthy, but gripping, Vietnam epic.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on June 12, 2020June 18, 2020

“Young Soul Rebels” is an essential piece of Black Queer Resistance

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Isaac Julien’s British coming-of-age drama centers Black and Queer people in all their complexities.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

“Black Panther,” M’Baku, and reclaiming the savage

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Ryan Coogler’s superhero film not only salvages the colonialist origins of the comic’s imagery, it reclaims them for a Black audience.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

The Righteousness & Dimension of Black Anger in “Malcolm X”

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Spike Lee’s biopic of the civil rights firebrand was a gripping, unforgettable cry of black rage and pain.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on March 14, 2020March 10, 2020

The BAFTAs Have a Diversity Problem

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This year’s slate of BAFTA nominations makes clear the need for more marginalised voices in the British film industry.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020

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