Black Women Directors
Danielle A. Scruggs, Coco's Corner, S.D.HayesA film and culture newsletter from the digital library Black Women Directors, featuring film news, reviews, opportunities, and upcoming events.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 92 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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For the Sake of Light: Ring in Spring with The Secret Life of Bees
Guest writer Chloe Fonge reflects on The Secret Life of Bees, Gina Prince-Bythewood's luminescent 2008 feature film
The Secret Life of Bees is the movie to celebrate the turning weather — a movie so warm, you can feel the sunlight on your...
Rewind: an audio series
From 2025: Zola, Anora, and the DEI mirage for RogerEbert.com
Trying something new for paid subscribers: I’ll be reading essays and reviews I’ve written over the years about film and culture.
What I Watched
New-to-Me
The Drama
A couple (Zendaya and Robert Pattinson), just days away from getting married, reveal their deepest, darkest secrets to each other, leading to a level of darkly humorous calamity that almost gave me physical anxiety...
Black Women Directors Monthly May 2026
The 2026 File Under Horror lineup! Jahmil Eady, Christl Stringer, and Nia DaCosta
Notes from the Editor
May is shaping up to be a beautiful (if busy) month for yours truly! Let’s get into it:
On Saturday, May 2 (tomorrow!), File Under:...
On Time: A Special Edition of Black Women Directors
Guest writer S.D. Hayes examines how Black women and femme filmmakers explore the concept of time
Maya Angelou once said, “Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence—neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminis...
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Founder and curator of Black Women Directors, a digital library.
Just a girl who likes to yap about books and movies\ud83d\udc95
I frequently travel deep into the earth, right where her heart beats the hottest and there I speak with those of old.
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