Movies
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BlacKkKlansman Allows You to Laugh at the Ridiculousness of White Supremacy, Then and Now
“With the right white man, you can do anything,”John David Washington says as Ron Stallworth—the black Colorado Springs, Colo., police officer who went “undercover” in the Ku Klux Klan—in Spike Lee’s latest joint, BlacKkKlansman. This sentiment is also an entire mood. Oh, AmeriKKKa. Stallworth’s tale of infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan might be set in…
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Spike Lee Wants Us to Respect Our White Allies: 'White People Have Died For Justice'
Spike Lee is well-respected as one of Hollywood’s biggest and blackest directors. On Friday, his latest, BlacKkKlansman arrives in theaters; the movie tells the story of Colorado Springs undercover detective Ron Stallworth, a black man who joined the Klu Klux Klan in the 1970s. Lee admits that he had never heard of Stallworth’s story, much…
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Sounds Like David Duke Is Afraid BlacKkKlansman Will Make Him Look Like a Dumb Fool Instead of Just a Racist One
The man who inspired Spike Lee’s new movie, BlacKkKlansman, says that the man he conned forty years ago—none other than the KKK’s Grandwizard David Duke—is concerned that the critically acclaimed new film might make him look stupid. The film, already considered to be one of Lee’s best in recent years, follows the journey of Ron…
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Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg Getting Blowback for Child Actor in Blackface on New Film Set
What in the entire good God tarnation entire fifth ring of hell was somebody thinking when they put a child in blackface on a recent movie set? TMZ reports that someone on the set of the R-rated film, Good Boys, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, used makeup to darken up the skin of…
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African Girl Magic: Disney to Develop New Fairytale Movie Around African Princess, Sadé
The blockbuster success of Black Panther, set in the fictional African country of Wakanda, must have shown Hollywood executives something. For the first time in its history, Disney is letting an African princess take the lead. The studio will be adding another shot of black girl magic to its existing pantheon of princesses with a…
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Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher Set To Appear In New Star Wars Film
Billy Dee Williams will reprise his role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode IX, Entertainment Weekly reports. Joining him are Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, and Mark Hamill, who will return as Luke Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams will use previously unused footage of the Fisher to conclude the story of Leia Organa, according…
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A Sandra Bland Documentary Is Coming to HBO
The story of Sandra Bland will be coming to HBO this fall. On Wednesday, HBO confirmed their fall lineup of documentaries, including Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland. The documentary will give an inside look at Bland’s life up until her death and feature video blogs that Bland made. Also, her…
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Blindspotting Is the Perfect Metaphor for Implicit Bias
What are your blind spots? When you see a black person in a white neighborhood, do you question what they are doing there? When you see a white person in a black neighborhood, do you assume they are gentrifying? What if they’ve lived there all their life? What if they actually do belong there? Is…
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I Knew the Story of Whitney Houston Was Sad, But My God!
This article contains major spoilers. You know that haunting feeling you have after watching Roots, 12 Years a Slave, Amistad or any other slave-based movie—that feeling of, it’s over but order was never restored? It’s over but I still want to hit my ugly cry. It’s over but pain is still clinging to the air…