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Screening Slave Revolt

Tim Bruno

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Thereโ€™s a line of thinking that calls out the problem of โ€œslavery moviesโ€โ€”the apparent overabundance of depictions of Black people being enslaved, the way those depictions can too comfortably glide into voyeuristic pleasure at Black suffering. ...

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No Standing

Tim Bruno

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Put aside justice, stability and security, the little creature comforts that we all deserve, or finally paying your bills without a knot twisting in your stomachโ€”then maybe the greatest pleasure in landing a living wage job ...

The Fireworks: On Rumor and Counter-Revolution (After Jean Genet)

Tim Bruno

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If, after the first months of quarantine, someone had ventured outside to join the protests against the police and their state, that person might have heard stray chirping about bad actors, provocateurs, ops. Who else, the ...

Killing Time

Tim Bruno

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You can hear a sulking refrain from some corners of the internet lately, usually from armchair revolutionaries, celebrity leftists, or just the โ€œextremely onlineโ€: the militant phase of the 2020 uprising against police terror is overโ€”liberal ...