category: african americans in motion pictures

American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary

... Geronimo Rex uses the violent Apache figure as a conduit for his own repressed desires and rage: “What I especially liked about Geronimo,” Harry enumerates, “was that he had cheated, lied, stolen, mutinied, usurped, killed, burned ...

Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality

... tradition for a westernized audience . Its self - evident roots in European realist styles allow the customary lines of argument to be effortlessly stood on their head by Jorge Luis Borges in his essay " The Argentine Writer and Tradition ...

On Location: Claiming Pace in African Diaspora Film and Literature of the United States

... Shango consists of red apples , such as the one beside the bowl of fruit on the table in Gideon's dream . A prayer to Shango translated from Yoruba tradition describes some of the deity's qualities : The Lord of the house of fire ! One ...

Five for Five: The Films of Spike Lee

... Indigo's apartment . Naturally , she's furious that she hasn't heard from him in over a year . But by now Bleek is not " too proud to beg " for her love . BLEEK : You gotta let me redeem myself . INDIGO : Redemption . The only reason ...

Bfm: Black Filmmaker

Black Filmmaker. Best UK Shorts in Competition Nu - Wave PROGRAMME STARTS AT 19:00 ... rules of body language are thrown out of the window over a misunderstanding ... cooking meat in her house even though she is a strict vegetarian . The ...

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