The Counter Canon
protractaExpanding film discourse beyond the traditional canon, highlighting films by historically overlooked and underrepresented directors.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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notes of an immigrant son
Me wearing a suit in my preschool class photo
When I was in seventh grade, my classmates gave me the nickname “The Reverend.” It was because I wore a three-piece suit to our middle school every day without fail, and for the insightful and...
REMINDER: in-person gordon parks discussion this fri (5/29)
I hope you can join us Friday, May 29th from 12-1:30PM for an exhibition tour of Gordon Parks’s show at the Center of Art and Advocacy titled “A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks” and discussion of his 1969 film, The Learnin...
we're discussing sade & losing ground
For our meeting, listen to Sade’s 1992 album Love Deluxe and watch Kathleen Collin’s 1982 film Losing Ground.
The discussion is centered around the question: What creates discontent in our relationships: familial, platonic, & intimate?
Th...
we're discussing gordon parks IRL
Gordon Parks
Honored to announce our first in-person event and institutional partnership at The Center for Art and Advocacy with a tour of their current exhibition A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks led by Co-Director of P...
what is the future?
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions (2025)
The first American film I remember watching growing up, I must embarrassingly admit, was The Blind Side from 2009 starring Sandra Bullock. I must’ve watched it over 500 times. What a foul introduction to...
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