The Blue Eagle (1926)

Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom

This coming-of-age movie is about a group of girl trying to find their missing friend after a wild night none of them can remember.

As many of us know, Marvel Studios has taken an interest in women-led superhero films, but some of us are oblivious to the women behind the camera and pen.

White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.

It’s been five months since Wayward premiered on Netflix and it still has some of us in a choke-hold.