Tag: Black film

Cinema as Resistance: Black Revolution in Ivan Dixon’s The Spook Who Sat by the Door

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|Chris Polley| The early 70s were, in many ways, rife with watershed moments in Black history: Charles Gordone became the first Black playwright to win a Pulitzer prize, Rep. Shirley Chisolm helped form the Congressional Black Caucus, and Thomas Bradley became the first Black mayor… Continue reading

A Certain Slant of Light: The Thin Line Between Fantasy and Reality in Soleil Ô

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|Courtney Kowalke| The first movie I saw at Trylon in the spring of 2019 was John Sayles’ The Brother From Another Planet (1984). The film follows a protagonist known only as “The Brother” (Joe Morton), an extraterrestrial who crash-lands in Harlem, New York City… Continue reading