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Cinema of the 1960s

Volume 23 Issue 9-10 / September–October 2019

For this double issue we turn back the clock to the 1960s.

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  • Diahann Carroll (1935 – 2019)

    October 14th

    Diahann Carroll was alluring, intriguing, a fulfillment of what one hopes for in an entertainer. Consider her work: Claudine (John Berry, 1974) – the story of a single mother in Harlem, a working maid, Claudine (Diahann Carroll), struggling to keep… Read more →

  • Obituary on the great writer Toni Morrison

    August 10th

    The great writer Toni Morrison, born in 1931 as Chloe Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, educated at Lorain High School, Howard University, and Cornell University, an editor at Random House, a professor at Texas Southern University, Howard University, the State University… Read more →

  • John Singleton (1968-April 29, 2019)

    April 30th

    One of the most important Africa American directors of recent years, John Singleton has died at the young age of 51. Singleton came to prominence with his striking debut about LA street gangs Boyz N the Hood (1991) and followed… Read more →

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