Celebration of Black cinema and civil rights in America: ‘Malcolm X’ turns 30
Three decades ago since its release, the Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted a screening for Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” to commemorate the legacy of the film and the enduring memory of the civil rights activist.
Off the Radar: Black vampire myths and addiction in ‘Ganja & Hess’
Off the Radar is a weekly column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “Ganja & Hess” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Opinion: Hochul’s budget cut to NYPL Black culture center is shameful
Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to cut $250,000 from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The timing of this horrible decision, the start of Black History Month, only makes it more offensive.
Pursue Your Dreams, Not Your Parents’
I couldn’t go through four years of college pretending to feel passionate about my parents’ wishes for me.
