Consider these five movies by Black directors as required viewing today & always.
As protests against racism and police brutality continue to mount across the world, many are also looking for ways to bring the movement home. Searching for movies by Black directors to support is a great place to start. We’ll be weighing in on some options below—but you don’t have to stop here.
Reconsider the books you read for fun, the stores you shop at, the cosmetic products you use on the daily. Reorient the films you watch, the television shows you binge on the couch, the music you listen to, and find ways to integrate Black voices and perspectives into these areas of your life. The work of anti-racism begins from a place of knowledge—and the person equipped to get you there is you.
Malcolm X Spike Lee’s biopic of the legendary Black nationalist, Malcolm X, is as necessary now as it was in 1992—if not more so. Quotes by his contemporary, Martin Luther King, continue to circulate on social media these days by self-described allies leaning on messages of “peace” in times of turmoil. A look at Malcolm’s more radical ideologies may help viewers understand the limits and benefits of active rebellion.
Stream 'If Beale Street Could Talk' on… $9.99 buy it Selma It’s a travesty that Martin Luther King was never featured as the lead focus of a film until 2014’s Selma came along. But we have a Black woman, the illustrious Ava DuVernay, to thank for fixing that. Her adaptation of King’s journey during the American Civil Rights Movement is a work of essential viewing.
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