All that glitters is not gold
Okay so last week Variety published this piece about all these new distribution companies coming to save indie film — Row K, Black Bear, Sumerian Pictures, Watermelon Pictures, Magenta Light Studios. New money, new energy, new hope for mid-budget films that the studios have completely walked away from. And honestly? The excitement is warranted.
But then seven days later...Row K imploded.Â
We're...
Can we celebrate before we critique?
Before we debate HOW Black women were shown, can we talk about HOW MANY?
I've been thinking about this since Oscar Sunday, and I need to say it.
The conversation about Black women at this year's Oscars has mostly been about One Battle After Another. About whether those characters were portrayed with dignity. About whether Paul Thomas Anderson should have answered more directly when asked about ...
Black women don't get to be flawed on screen. Why not?
Teyana Taylor played a character who made bad choices. Some people lost their minds about it.
One Battle After Another won Best Picture last weekend. Six Oscars total. And somewhere in the middle of all that celebrating, a real conversation was happening that deserves more room than it got.
Teyana Taylor plays "Perfidia Beverly Hills" in the film. She is a revolutionary who is also deeply, genu...