What People Are Saying

Renina continues to
challenge herself and
give these types of
conversations a platform
away from the classroom.
i also think she grapples
with a lot of ideas and
i love that she?s not afraid
to put that work on display.
i?m thankful.
-Bianca
l Brooklyn

You’re bookmarked based off of this post alone
-Ketchums
l Michigan

I’ve read your blog for a long time and this is
my first time responding. You give me reason
to think and improve upon myself and others.
Thank you.
-John l Florida


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On Walking Out of Columbiana (I Walked Back in Too).

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

Young Cataleya in Columbiana. The Wackness is the last movie that I walked out of. The scene that triggered it was when the main character’s dad gave the going off to college advice of, “Try and fuck a Black girl.” Yeah. I was all set on those. Last night Goldy and I went to see [...]

What It Means to Be A Working Artist

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Tonight I watched Chop Shop, a film by Ramin Bahrani, about a 12 year old young man in Queens, who makes his way in the world, with at least twelve different hustles. I was moved by Bahrani’s analysis of his own work. In an interview he writes, I see every film as its own entity. [...]