On the screen: a green, bucolic, treeless landscape. Welcome to the Scottish isle of Jura. On the soundtrack: the shallow, ragged breath of someone struggling for one more day. These are the dying wheezes of writer George Orwell, born Eric … Continue reading ORWELL: 2+2=5
One of the most terrible things is that in fact, whether I like it or not, I am an American. —James Baldwin That line comes from the 1968 documentary from Horace Ové, Baldwin’s Ni**er, a provocatively titled conversation featuring one … Continue reading James Baldwin On-Screen
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story.” —James Baldwin By the time James Baldwin penned those words in 1979, the revolution had been lost. Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and … Continue reading I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
Michael J. Cinema 