Tag: racism

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February 7, 2022

KinoKultur: Monkey business, monkey love

The 1970s saw certain corners of cinema longing for a return to the wild and primal, without any thought given to the truth beyond those racist fantasies.
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April 6, 2021

“Exterminate All the Brutes” rewrites the history books

Raoul Peck's latest project is a dizzying, informative, frequently overwhelming rejoinder to the history of white supremacy and imperialism.
Spring Valley / When Claude Got Shot / Who We Are (SXSW)S
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March 18, 2021

SXSW 2021 Doc Spotlight: “Spring Valley”, “When Claude Got Shot”, “Who We Are”

Black issues are front and center, from reckonings with racist violence to broader discussions of the history of America's prejudice.
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June 8, 2020

Reexamining the anti-racist messaging of HBO’s “Whitewash”

Lambasted at the time for not being direct enough about race, HBO's animated short takes on new significance in a post-BLM America.
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April 26, 2020

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

Ryan Coogler's superhero film not only salvages the colonialist origins of the comic's imagery, it reclaims them for a Black audience.
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November 3, 2019

Watchmen Recap: “She Was Killed By Space Junk”

An old character from the comics arrives reinvented, as we see the other half of the story thus far. Up to this point, Watchmen has..
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September 26, 2019

The Day Shall Come Review: Chris Morris Satire Lacks Bite

Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris' latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.
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July 17, 2019

Sword of Trust Review: Mumblecore Meets Civil War

The South rises again thanks to the effortless comic charms of Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron.
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May 4, 2019

Sixteen Candles at 35: A Bittersweet Birthday

Full of racist jokes & sexual assault subplots, John Hughes' teen rom-com classic has aged like bad cheese. But is there anything worth saving about it?
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April 27, 2019

Five Years Later, Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” Remains a Powerful Document of the Civil Rights Movement

Five years on, Ava DuVernay's gripping account of the march from Selma to Washington stresses that MLK's fight is far from over today.