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Black and Blue

Blue is, traditionally, a calming color. It is usually associated with emotions that mollify or content, and is used as a quintessence of wisdom. In his film Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016), Barry Jenkins uses waves of blue and red to influence the emotional valence of its characters and in turn, the audience. Through his editing and […]

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Has ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ fallen upon deaf ears?

Consider this film a hearing aid. If Beale Street Could Talk reiterates James Baldwin’s timeless messages about race, and necessarily emphasizes the rejection of circular injustices against which black Americans have fought for years.