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mayascade.bsky.social
always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com đź’Ś: [email protected] + soon: incoming president / owner of milestone films. film curator + writer + curious about the world. based in los angeles.
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holy shit???????????????? finally some good news

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Those who organized Colored Conventions rallied for democracy and citizenship rights as state and national forces sought to deny them protections clearly outlined in the constitution. They were often forcefully dissenting voices. We will soon make public a new trove of Reconstruction conventions.

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Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, announced she will be stepping away from her role helming the publication.

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This is a great story and photos. Locked down . . . www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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tonight’s double feature: “who framed roger rabbit” (1988) and “the producers” (1967)

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Left's strong night, updated: —Mamdani finishes well ahead. —All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too. —Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up) —WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

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might I just say

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oh my god!!!!!

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holy shit

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(bravely) i like “the buccaneers”

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The Apartment was released on this day in 1960 🔑

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They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days. But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼

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tonight! ❤️

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NEW YORK (AP) — Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention.

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Job is out! He announced his release from his Instagram/Threads account. Thank you all for sharing the news about his detention.

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tonight! ❤️

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tonight!!!!!

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LA: on 6/20 at 730 pm @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social & i will be at @vidiots.bsky.social for screening of “naked acts” (1996) w/ a convo after. each ticket will come w/ a dvd of the film courtesy of @milestonefilms.bsky.social. hope you can join us: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/naked...

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los angeles: join me + @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social for the very first black film archive event on juneteenth (6/19) at the philosophical research society, 7 pm. our timely, intimate discussion will focus on writing as freedom and black writerly life. ✨✨✨✨ www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-as...

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watching others live their lives on screens or imagining how they do as if you’re controlling sims at a distance is not all your life is meant to amount to. we need you out here finding your way and then another way after that and again after that.

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I love the chance to screen my film in LA AND be in conversation with you, Maya!

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LA: on 6/20 at 730 pm @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social & i will be at @vidiots.bsky.social for screening of “naked acts” (1996) w/ a convo after. each ticket will come w/ a dvd of the film courtesy of @milestonefilms.bsky.social. hope you can join us: vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/naked...

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the very great “annihilation of fish” is out on dvd/blu-ray today from @milestonefilms.bsky.social / @kinolorber.com with support from @thefilmfoundation.bsky.social and @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social. a special commentary with me and director charles burnett is on the disc. ❤️

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"For the sake of humanity, O free people, O those who love children's rights, please donate to my five children. Every day we need $200 for flour and some vegetables. Pray for us, do not forget us, or we will die." Vetted by @mommunism.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4yuyyun5

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

since moving to los angeles i have seen joni mitchell, patrice rushen, and grace jones live. not too bad!

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A big "thank you!" to @mayascade.bsky.social, whose newsletter for @blackfilmarchive.bsky.social turned me on to The Mark of Lilith. It's a brilliant queer vampire film from 1986, that includes monologues on the nature of horror films: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxZW...

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Charles Burnett found the ultimate principle of moviemaking, which is the creation of drama, in the mundane. “He wanted to portray Blackness as a mystery, recognizable but unquantifiable even to the people themselves,” Doreen St. Félix writes.

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