Boots Riley’s latest film is an absurdist critique of the fashion industry with the leadership of women of color is at the forefront of this story.
Movie Review
Sinners: Black horror film unearths the sins of American racism
The strength and history of the Black community is contrasted with the cultural imperialism represented by the film’s vampiric antagonists.
The heroes stemming the book banning tide: The Librarians
A line of defense exists against those deadset against the dissemination of controversial knowledge: the stalwart librarian!
Maudie’s Top 10 socialist film classics
Check out this wide range of movies that focus a critical lens on capitalism and let Maudie know your own favorites.
Movie review — Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
A vibrant two-hour documentary discusses Hurston as a teller of Black people’s stories as lovers and workers, family, and inventors and creators.
Till: A Hollywood portrait of Black misery
A movie that just misses the mark, failing to shed new light on a well-known story or point to contemporary issues.
Letters to the editor, April 2023
Readers’ feedback on Ukraine, The Woman King and other topics.
The Woman King — worthy of a watch and an Oscar
A gloriously textured portrait of the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the early 1820s, scandalously shut out by the Academy.
Aftershock: the repercussions of Black maternal mortality
A film following two mourning fathers on their journey to raise their children as single parents while working to build a movement.
Rare footage spotlights 1969 Harlem music festival
“Summer of Soul” captures the Black music and political spirit of concert-goers in an era of protest against racism and the Vietnam war.
Featured
International Trade Union and Social Movement Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine
A call for endorsers and volunteers to help Ukraine get through the difficult winter ahead
FS Newspaper
Topical and Timely
Cuba: A Socialist Dream Deferred
Traces the ups and downs of the Cuban Revolution and the critical issue of rising capitalist influence. Analyzes the main actors in Cuban society today and discusses the path forward.