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Essays and Interviews

Selected Essays and Interviews

Where’s My Black Girlhood?

The whitewashing of the cinematic femme boom.

Late Mourning

On spurious timelines of grief

“Malibu’s Most Wanted” at 20: Black Culture as Food for All

The social product of the first generation raised with saturated accessibility to Black culture.

A Chat with Jane Adams and Kate Lyn Sheil of “She Dies Tomorrow.”

A discussion with Kate Lyn Sheil and Jane Adams about their latest collaboration with director Amy Seimetz.

 

Nightcrawler” at 10: The Private is Public

On the accessibility of citizen-made news media.

An Interview with the Makers of “Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?”

A discussion with writer-director Bec Pecaut, producer Emily Harris, and star Lío Mehiel.

“Crash” in the Context of Toxic Internet Culture

The extreme relationship between people, gratification, and technology.