List: Counter Arts Oct' 23 - Black History Month | Curated by Reece Beckett

Oct 26, 2023
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Counter Arts Oct' 23 - Black History Month
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Counter Arts Film: October Writing PromptBlack History Month is upon us!
Oct 3, 2023
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Oct 3, 2023
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Filmofile
Lemohang Mosese’s ‘This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection’This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is a rich and earnest film full of pathos and empathy. It is essentially a portrait of an…
Oct 3, 2023
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Oct 3, 2023
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Alejandro Martinez
Ganja & Hess: A Spiritual Fable of AddictionBill Gunn’s psychotronic 1973 classic
Dec 27, 2022
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Dec 27, 2022
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Amanda Melheim
October Prompt: Who Inspires You? LeVar BurtonSeeing LeVar Burton twice a day on TV as a child shaped my view of black men
Oct 8, 2023
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Oct 8, 2023
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Reece Beckett
Malcolm X On Page and ScreenDiscussing Malcolm X, his autobiography and Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic about ‘the angriest black man in America’
Oct 17, 2023
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Oct 17, 2023
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Filmofile
Sun Ra In: Space Is The PlaceA savior from Saturn is on his way!
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 9, 2022
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Marc Barham
‘Candyman’ (2021)“Mirror, mirror on the wall…..”
Oct 11, 2023
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Oct 11, 2023
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chel writes
Sharp Satire in a Tale of Unreasonable Terror‘Nope’ (2022) Movie Review
Oct 15, 2023
Oct 15, 2023
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Alejandro Martinez
The First Hollywood Film By A Black FilmmakerGordon Parks’ semi-autobiographical film “The Learning Tree” was a game-changer.
Oct 15, 2023
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Oct 15, 2023
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Marc Barham
‘The Girl With All The Gifts’ (2016); ‘Get Out’ (2016) & ‘Us’ (2019)Racial zombification and a zombie Pandora: young, gifted, and black.
Oct 16, 2023
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Oct 16, 2023
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Reece Beckett
Review: ‘Cry Freedom’ and its White Perspective Fails to Honour Steve BikoRichard Attenborough’s 1987 film about Donald Woods and Steve Biko clearly favours the white side of its Apartheid story
Oct 17, 2023
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Oct 17, 2023
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Filmofile
Neptune Frost and Black Panther: Different Approaches Toward Similar GoalsThe difficulty in negotiating mass-media
Jul 24, 2022
Jul 24, 2022
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Hafsa Hashmey
‘Beauty’ — Overcoming Just to Become Someone ElseA review and analysis of a drama film lacking depth, about a singer we never get to hear
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
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Kevin Gosztola
The Elegance Of Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’Nearly 5 years later, Jenkins’ film stands as a moving story of Black love with the racist criminal punishment system as a backdrop
Oct 19, 2023
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Oct 19, 2023
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Reece Beckett
Review: ‘Love and Basketball’ is Almost Worthy of Classic StatusGina Prince-Bythewood’s third act lets down an otherwise excellent film
Oct 23, 2023
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Oct 23, 2023
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Filmofile
Who Killed Captain Alex: Post-Modern, Post Colonial, Hip-Hop Cinema?Rip roaring fun for everyone!
Oct 26, 2021
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Oct 26, 2021
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Amanda Melheim
‘I, Robot’ Predicted Racism Against AIHow AI parallels blackness, black history, and America’s uncertain future
Dec 18, 2023
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Dec 18, 2023
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Jeffrey Harvey
Home Across the Color LineHome, hierarchy, and the precariousness of personhood in Carl Franklin’s ‘Devil in a Blue Dress’
Oct 26, 2023
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Oct 26, 2023
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