Faith-and-film expert the Rev. Edward McNulty shares his memories of going South in 1964 to help Black colleagues campaign for civil rights.
At the 60th Anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, the truth still matters
MEDGAR & MYRLIE
I have just finished reading Joy-Ann Reid’s new book MEDGAR & MYRLIE: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America–and can highly recommend it. I had known of the martyred NAACP leader even before I joined the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project way back in 1964. The three films in which he is portrayed greatly enhanced my …
American Fiction (2023)
A black novelist tired being told what a “Black” writer must write rebels by concocting a novel full of stereotypes which, to his surprise and dismay, becomes a best seller.
Origin (2023)
True story of a Black scholar studies Nazism in Germany & Dalits in India because she believes that racism is not the only reason for Trayvon Martin’s death.
The Book of Clarence (2023)
A funny & yet serious remake of the Christ Story, Blacks portraying Jews & whites the oppressive Romans, thus tying the story to racism.
The Color Purple (2023)
Songs add to the feelings & actions of the characters in Alice Walker’s musical version of the classic tale of sisterhood.
Little Big Voice (20215)
A mixed-race boy in post-war Austria living with his prejudiced grandparents wants to join the Vienna Boys’ Choir to find his GI father who is unaware of his existence.
The Gospel According to Edith Bunker
This article appeared in the CHRISTIAN CENTURY on March 27, 1974. I recently wrote about Henry Fonda quoting from it for “The Best of All in the Family,” which celebrated the 100th episode of the series. This is included in the DVD set of the Fifth Season of All in the Family, on disk 2, …
The Master Gardener (2023
The violent past of the Master Gardener haunts him when the owner tasks him with taking on her troubled bi-racial niece as an apprentice.
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space (2023)
A survey of the life of Black anthropologist,novelist, & filmmaker Zora Neale Hurston, a leading writer of the Harlem Renaissance, considered by some to be one of the most important women of the 20th century.