We Need ‘Slave Movies’ — Just Not the Ones We’re Getting
In light of ‘Antebellum,’ it’s time to rethink the slave film genre
At the announcement of any new “slave movie,” the online groans from Black audiences are nearly audible. While most people would be hard-pressed to name more than 10 “slave movies” in the past 50 years, “I’m tired of ‘slave movies’” is a frequent social…