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New York Film Festival 2015 Part Four: Reclamation

October 19, 2015
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New York Film Festival 2015 Part Four: Reclamation

In her fourth and final post on the 2015 New York Film Festival, Martha Nochimson talks about loss as an organizing principle for Michael Moore's documentary Where to Invade Next and Don Cheadle's biopic Miles Ahead.
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Say My Name: Unnamed Black Objects in This Year’s “Quality” Films

December 20, 2013
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Say My Name: Unnamed Black Objects in This Year’s “Quality” Films

This year has been heralded as a renaissance for films featuring black actors and actresses. Many of these black actors and actresses have performed in “quality” films like 42, The Butler, and 12 Years A Slave. As an arbiter of their “quality” these films have already begun racking up award nominations, and in some...
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