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Author: Justin Gomer

Film Blackness, Hollywood Whiteness

March 2, 2018March 3, 2018 Justin Gomer Black cinema, Black film, blackness, racism, white supremacy

“What if black film could be something other than embodied? What if black film was immaterial and bodiless? What if

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Charles Burnett and the Significance of Black Independent Cinema

October 2, 2017October 4, 2017 Justin Gomer Black film, film, poverty, television, white supremacy

When Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight won the best picture Oscar earlier this year, I shared my optimism on this blog about the

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An anti-gentrification mural in San Francisco’s Mission District. Photo: S.F. Examiner.

“The Rent Eats First”: Fighting Gentrification in California

May 2, 2017May 5, 2017 Justin Gomer California, capitalism, Racial Capitalism

A recent report found that the city I call home—Long Beach, California, located on the Pacific Ocean along the southern

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Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." Photo: Columbia Pictures.

Race and Civil Rights Dramas in Hollywood

March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 Justin Gomer civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, starring the iconic Sidney Poitier. During the

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Hollywood and Diversity: Why This Year’s Oscars Matter

February 14, 2017February 18, 2017 Justin Gomer Black film, film, sexuality

On February 26, Hollywood “movers and shakers” will assemble in Los Angeles for the biggest night of the year—the Academy

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