Drudge (2013)

Celebrate Pride with these movies and TV shows available on popular streaming services. (Good news: a lot of them are available for free.)

Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.

Looking for some Afro-centric entertainment? Check out these movies and immerse yourself in Black culture.

This animated movie is based on the migration of birds from the north to the south.

The Noel Diary is about a man who unlocks an old diary containing secrets of the past.

Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.