If God is Willing….
Both “When the Leeves Broke” and “If God is Willing..” are about injustices. They tell the stories of what happens to a city and to a people who are ignored … Continue reading
The Use of Drew as the Voice of “Passing” Women
In Jungle Fever, Flipper’s wife Drew is the very embodiment of the “good hair” and aesthetically white complexion that Jane prides herself on in School Daze. However, this still doesn’t … Continue reading
Spike Lee and the Token Minority Figure
This post is not necessarily only about Spike Lee’s films, but I have been thinking a lot about the “token black guy” or “token whatever-minority-group-it-happens-to-be-this-time guy” since our discussion about … Continue reading
Are Lee’s Joints About Racism?
So on Tuesday we discussed what Lee’s films were actually about. Professor Parham indicated to us how a lot of people assume that Lee’s films are about race, but we … Continue reading
God Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise
Lee’s continuation of When the Levees Broke hit me very close to home. The overall message I take away from it is that there are elements within the United States … Continue reading
My thoughts on “When the Levees Broke”
4 hours is a LONG time to spend watching a film (or in this case, a miniseries), let alone a documentary. I walked out of this feeling overly tired and … Continue reading
Framing at the end of When the Levees Broke
At the end of ‘When the Levees Broke,’ there is a montage of every person Lee interviewed, all of them holding a frame. This says nothing in and of itself. … Continue reading
Had we the time…
In preparation for my final exam, I was thinking of what other voices we might have looked at this semester had we the time and mental energy to add to … Continue reading
Red Hook + Hurricane Sandy = This Class
I know this doesn’t count as a blog post, but I came across this while on my search and I just thought it pretty nicely captured some of the things … Continue reading
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