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NO B/S! The 1970s When Black & White Television Was No Laughing Matter

  • by ctrevolution
  • Posted on December 8, 2018

Guaranteed to provoke outrage and joy, shock and laughter in equal measure, comedy is arguably…

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Roots, Revelations & Celebrating Black Comedy

  • by ctrevolution
  • Posted on December 8, 2018

By Dr Edson Burton The BFI’s Comedy Blockbuster Season is a unique opportunity to celebrate…

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Love’s in Need of Love Today: Thoughts on Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever”

  • by ctrevolution
  • Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

Filmmaker and curator Adam Murray on his personal journey through the works of Spike Lee.

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The Mayor’s Race: Lessons In Leadership From Black History

  • by ctrevolution
  • Posted on February 2, 2018August 24, 2018

The election in 2016 of a mixed race mayor in Bristol was at the time, a source of considerable local, national and international attention.

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Thoughts On The American Horror Film: Race Allegory and Get out

  • by lizmchege
  • Posted on July 26, 2017

By Adam Murray Horror cinema has always been seated in the allegory, the satire, the…

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Black & White on the Silver Screen

  • by lizmchege
  • Posted on July 26, 2017August 14, 2018

by Roger Griffith Fifty years before the interracial romance-horror Get Out (2017) delighted global audiences;…

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…To Be Rid of N…rs | A Comment on ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ by Raoul Peck

  • by lizmchege
  • Posted on March 16, 2017

By Dr. Edson Burton I want to start with a spoiler but one, which I…

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The Fits : A coming of age meditation on belonging and Black female freedom

  • by lizmchege
  • Posted on March 16, 2017

Toni (Royalty Hightower) is an 11 year old girl boxer charmed by forces she is…

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Thoughts On Moonlight

  • by lizmchege
  • Posted on March 1, 2017

By Edson Burton “Why was he so angry?” I asked myself midway through the BBC…

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Why Cinema Means More Than Awards

  • by lizmchege
  • Posted on February 17, 2017July 26, 2017

By Roger Griffith It’s film award season, with the BAFTA’s last Sunday and Oscar night…

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