Karimah Ashadu’s Films Honor the Everyday Labor of African Workers
The filmmaker refuses to be an interlocutor, instead affording the different African workers the opportunity for first-person storytelling.
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The Paradox of Plenty
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The Sculptural Politics of Cacao
How the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League is disrupting the global supply chain of culture.
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We've seen countless images of violence against the oppressed, often in the name of raising awareness. Why are there so many fewer depictions of acts of vengeance and revenge and fighting back against the powerful?
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Nicole Miller’s New Film Compares African American Resilience to the Bodily Fortitude of Astronauts
The ability to withstand space travel is juxtaposed with black children's far less romanticized capacity to endure racism.
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