Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
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.
Welcome to a special episode of the Incluvie Movie Highlights. This summer we held the Incluvie Short Film Festival. The film festival discovers and brings to light some outstanding short films starring main characters from diverse backgrounds, who are often overlooked in Hollywood. The filmmakers and actors from the 3 winning films came in and talked about their process and what it was like to make the film.
The Franke kids seemingly lived a normal life, until their mom met the infamous Jodi Hilderbrandt.
I was able to watch the gleefully mesmerizing Disney remake that was Robert Zemeckis’ Pinocchio. I was enthralled by Zemeckis’ iteration.
A direct fall into the white savior narrative
There’s enough evidence to insinuate that What We Do in the Shadows is intentionally queer-coded.
