Music from My Good Eye
Combining photographic languages, this body of work addresses the history of musicality and activism in Thero Makepe's family lineage between Botswana and apartheid South Africa
Sorry to Bother You: Reflecting on Modern Capitalism and Satirical Black Cinema
As part of our new "b-roll" film column, Vamika Sinha revisits Boots Riley's Afro-surrealist Sorry to Bother You, and why it offers important commentary on the intersections of race and late-stage capitalism in 2020.
Moving Beyond the US: #BlackLivesMatter and Decolonization
“The white hegemonic structures killing Black people in the U.S. are the same structures allowing Israel to annex Palestine” – Tom Abi Samra’s new essay examines the BLM movement in tandem with Arab politics.
The Mountains Are Melting: Climate Change in Nepal
Rastra Raj Bhandari discusses climate change in Nepal in this new essay.
Doris Salcedo’s “Plegaria Muda”
“Plegaria Muda”: An Anti-Memorial for Young People Who Experience Daily Violence and Trauma – new art criticism by Zoe Jane Patterson.
Dismantling Detroit: Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You
Exploring the eccentric, complex character of Detroit in Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You.