EARLY ACCESS: Why We Actually Need ~More~ Slavery Movies (That Are Not Antebellum)
Added 2020-10-07 02:50:35 +0000 UTCAntebellum may be the worst kind of trauma p*rn, but it only serves to show why need films that actually explore the lives of enslaved people.
Spoilers for Antebellum & Get Out Books:
Movies:
Burning Cane: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/burning_cane
Clemency: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clemency_2019
Presenting Princess Shaw: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/presenting_princess_shaw
Ashes and Embers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083584/
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Sweetback%27s_Baadasssss_Song
The Watermelon Woman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watermelon_Woman
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Comments
Thank you for actually laying out what the twist of Antebellum was. I kept trying to find out what all the fuss was about but too many articles were talking about not spoiling it, like - no! I'm not actually going to watch this movie! Please spoil it!
Rhem T. Bright
2020-10-09 15:14:12 +0000 UTCIt's wild that I've only heard of 1 of those movies
Siona
2020-10-07 20:38:10 +0000 UTCHoly shit, thank you, thank you, thank you.
M. Ní Sídach
2020-10-07 19:23:59 +0000 UTCOh, thank you so much for these recs Princess! I've wanted to read Snorton's Black on Both Sides for a while now. Will participate.
M. Ainomugisha
2020-10-07 08:01:43 +0000 UTCI'd love to see you recommend more books (especially in the Sci - fy /fantasy genre)
Esmé Vanserra
2020-10-07 05:49:31 +0000 UTC
