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Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
4M ago
A think piece discussing the movies Antebellum, Black Panther, Django Unchained, Get Out, and Us. It compares their reception and portrayal of anti-black racism and black suffering, via the lens ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
In this instance, the look is also a threat to those doing the looking. The act of seeing can be damaging not only to the target but also to the ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
D. W. Griffith died on July 23, 1948. To commemorate this seminal figure in cinema history, we repost BLFJ regular Gordon Thomas’s deep dive, which first appeared in 2016, into ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
The visual style shows people as essentially solitary, a remarkable choice of perspective in view of the importance of the wider social realities – racial and sexual – that “create ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
The implication is that fun is what is ultimately being played for – that fun is freedom’s goal, the reason that liberty is desirable at all. Michael knows that if ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
The staying power of Passing in 2021 goes far beyond its ripped-from-the-headlines resonances, however. Larsen’s story endures, on the one hand, for its intricate depiction of female friendship, rivalry, and ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
This article appeared first in our all-Sirk print issue (#6, Winter 1977) and was reposted in the March 1997 online version of Bright Lights. We present it here to celebrate ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
Good mornin’, Mr. Benson, I see you’re doin’ well. If I had me a shotgun I’d blow you straight to hell. – Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia, “Candyman,” 1970 ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
Editor’s Note: As part of Bright Lights’ ongoing campaign to challenge dogmatic viewpoints and advocate for nuanced analysis of cultural controversies, we present Graham Daseler’s powerful discussion of one of ..read more
Bright Lights Film Journal » African American
6M ago
The theme of exploitation is evident in Nope’s multiple references to a classic film. Not Jaws, The Goonies, or Close Encounters, or any of the Western films nodded at in ..read more