An interview with Attica director Stanley Nelson and co-director Traci A. Curry on the 50th anniversary of the prison riot and brutal act of state-sanctioned violence.
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Stanley Nelson looks back at the 1971 Attica Prison riot and massive case of police brutality that followed. The doc is a vital contribution that speaks to the ongoing fight against systemic
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Naomi Osaka serves a mean forehand. The public attention to the tennis player’s success, however, has been sharply backhanded. The Netflix mini-series Naomi Osaka, directed by Garrett Bradley (Time) offers a window
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Jeffery Robinson has argued many cases on the road to becoming deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He presents arguably his most significant case in the excellent Who We
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Reviews for the Oscar-shortlisted short docs A Love Song for Latasha, Speed Cubers, Call Center Blues, and Do Not Split.
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When so many media images favour images of Black death and trauma, films like Becoming and Hale County, This Morning, This Evening illustrate the complexities of portraying Black lives onscreen.
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Ashley O’Shay’s Unapologetic is an inspiring ode to Black women activists. Screening at the TIFF Next Wave Festival, it's sure to motivate a new generation of voices to join the fight.
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"It felt like I was watching freedom on the stage—these beautiful diverse bodies in motion. It felt like an opening, like I was leaning in the whole evening and it just stayed
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Often podcasting networks would relegate racialized stories to their race podcast, simultaneously profiting off of appearing “woke” while limiting the scope of stories that could be told and who would hear them.
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Spike Lee's American Utopia is a concert film of and for the moment with its documentation of David Byrne's exhilarating live, shoe-free performance.
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