The following table of contents features all new articles published during Black Writers Week 2024 (June 17th through June 23rd). —The Editors
REVIEWS
The Bikeriders by Robert Daniels
Black Barbie by Carla Renata
Chestnut by Sarah-Tai Black
Copa 71 by Peyton Robinson
The Exorcism by Charles Kirkland, Jr.
Fancy Dance by Jourdain Searles
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person by Rendy Jones
Hummingbirds by Travis Hopson
Naked Acts by Niani Scott
She Rises Up by Peyton Robinson
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. by Brandon Towns
Thelma by Brandon David Wilson
Trigger Warning by Robert Daniels
What Remains by Craig D. Lindsey
FEATURES
Introduction to Black Writers Week 2024 by Robert Daniels & Chaz Ebert
What My Mother Didn’t Tell Me About College by Reginald Ponder
Co-Productions within Africa and its Diaspora Can Encourage Self-Reliant and Sustainable Film Economies by Oluwaseun Babalola
Film Festivals: A Place For Found Family & Cultivating Community by Cortlyn Kelly
Understanding Grief in Rural Canada Through Hulu’s Under the Bridge by Kaiya Shunyata
How Women of Color Are Shifting the Narrative by Carla Renata
The LightReel Film Festival Finishes Strong by Charles Kirkland
It’s Physical Work: Barry Jenkins on The Underground Railroad by Robert Daniels
You Ready To Be the King?: Fresh Turns 30 by Mack Bates
Orphan Black: Echoes Stumbles Under the Weight of Its Predecessor by Kaiya Shunyata
Have An Original Screenplay? Write it as a Novel! by Doreen Spicer-Dannelly
Juneteenth Film Festival Returns For A Powerful Second Year by Shawn Edwards
The Case for a Content Warning for Bad Policing by Eric Pierson
Catching a Blackfamous White Whale on Broadway: Purlie Victorious Comes Home by Odie Henderson
Hollywood Continues to Fail Its Black Final Girls by Kaiya Shunyata
GTA San Andreas and the Legacy of Playing as a Black Guy in Video Games by Lance R. Williams
Producing Visual Anthropology by Ife Olatunji
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk Wild Wild West at 25 by Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson
What is the Dune of Your Dreams: Holding Time and Space for Quinta, Ego, Maya, Kristen, Michelle, and Renée by Sherin Nicole
The Growing Exploration of Masculinity and Vulnerability in Media by Brandon Towns
The Shield vs. The Wire by David Moses
Black Out: The Disappearance of Black Couples in Advertising by Reginald Ponder
It’s About Reshaping: David Kirkman on Underneath: The Children of the Sun by Shawn Edwards
Donald Sutherland: The Consummate Character Actor by Bijan Bayne
Marvel’s Black Villain Era by Brandon David Wilson
Albany Road Interview: Christine Swanson and Renée Elise Goldsberry by Christine Swanson
Willie Mays: The Greatest to Ever Play by Robert Daniels
REPUBLISHED FEATURES
Beyoncé and My Daughter Love Country Music by Chaz Ebert
She Knew: The Women of Science Fiction Who Predicted the Future by Sherin Nicole
At the Movies: Clarenfreud by Chaz Ebert
Has The Needle Moved on the Impact of Women in Cinema for 2023? by Carla Renata
We’ll Be Together: A Personal Reflection of Bob Marley: One Love by Niani Scott
Why Closer Still Matters Two Decades After Its Release | Features by Jourdain Searles
Where’s My Black Girlhood?: The Whitewashing of the Femme Boom by Peyton Robinson
Juneteenth Becomes Our Nation’s Second Official Independence Day by Chaz Ebert
