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GERTIE BROWN & SAINT SUTTLE “Something Good-Negro Kiss,” the newly discovered William Selig silent film from 1898 is believed to be the earliest cinematic depiction of African-American affection. Thanks to scholars at the University of Chicago and the University of Southern California, the footage is prompting a rethinking of early film history. The performance by cakewalk partners Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown is a reinterpretation of Thomas Edison’s “The Kiss,” featuring May Irwin and John Rice. The film was announced December 12, 2018 as a new addition to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry—one of 25 selected for their enduring importance to American culture. The 29-second clip is free of stereotypes and racist caricatures, a stark contrast from the majority of black performances at the turn of the century.

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China Seas (1935) dir. Tay Garnett

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“You cannot lynch me and keep me in ghettos without becoming something monstrous yourselves. And furthermore, you give me a terrifying advantage. You never had to look at me. I had to look at you.”

I Am Not Your Negro (2016), dir. Raoul Peck

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aaj ki chai is from this scene in tapan sinha’s ek doctor ki maut (1990). shabana azmi’s understated but poignant performance as seema, the wife of a brilliant doctor whose single obsession with his research brings selfishness and callousness to his marriage is so visceral, especially in small moments like this one. seema fries puris and make two cups of tea as she waits for her husband to come home, a familiar scene in the homes of many, especially within india. her husband talks about his research, the people he met, and lists all his complaints for the day before being cajoled into sitting at the dinner table. she serves the tea and the plate of puris and sits by his side, shoulder to shoulder, as a companion. then she talks about her conversation with her sister while gently reprimanding her husband for never calling those relatives back. he agrees to please her and then quickly grabs his cup of tea and two puris to leave for his lab. and seema! shocked and baffled, she tells him she’s not yet finished with her tea only to hear that familiar indifference–”then finish it”. and shabana azmi with all the subtlety she’s know for, moves from shock to bitter acceptance and then quickly back to the briefest expression of hurt.

and she drinks her cup of tea alone.

one thing i like about tapan sinha’s work in this film is that seema is her own person, not the archetype of a wife in indian films (even noncommercial ones) who only exists to mutely support and share the burden of her husband’s dreams. later in the film she expresses how that callousness feels and affects her, especially against the expectations of what she thought their marriage would be like–one in which she is cared for, one in which there is companionship. i feel like i know too many women in marriages who drink their cup of tea alone. or put too much hope into what differences a cup of tea can bridge.

tiffanyachings

#you sure about that doc

2x01 // 3x09

#cuteeee

I haven’t used this site for months but I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS.

#arb #aishwariya rai bachchan #pharell williams #vogue in

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blackpantherdaily

A Look™

#thirst

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#I can't #black panther

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Annalise Keating getting away with murder.

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the BOOTS

plushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THIS

stopwhitepeopleforever

This will never not be funny

#LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #I love this so much

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*cancels plans* sorry i can’t come i’m ugly

daddycoolmurphy

“You was ugly when we made the plans. Bring ya troll ass on.”

persephonesecretlair

^ true friendship.

#love

cardamomblessing

In November of last year was when my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It happened very quickly, her decline, so I was able to be with her the whole time…. Her favorite thing in the world was to see me do Shakespeare. She loved it. She came to see me in school when I did Romeo and Juliet… So, when I was sitting there with her – first at home, and then at the hospital – I would read [Hamlet] to her. And as I was memorizing it, I would do the soliloquies… I ended up doing almost the whole play for her…. There are things in [Hamlet] that feel like parables. Particularly, a meditation on letting go and grief and death. It was very comforting – for me, and for her, too.

Oscar Isaac on Charlie Rose

#oh oscar

humansofnewyork

“I was on a leadership team in 5th grade. At the end of the year we were supposed to take a trip to Washington DC. We held fundraisers and everything. But when it was time to go, I didn’t have the identification papers to buy a plane ticket. So our teacher Ms. Rivera decided that we’d take a bus. Just so I could go too. That trip changed my life. It made me want to be a lawyer. And Ms. Rivera became one of the closest people in my life. She always kept in touch. She basically watched me grow up. One time in high school I got in a huge fight with my mom, and Ms. Rivera came and took me on a long car ride. I started to tell her everything. I told her about a recent break-up, and how I smoked weed, and ‘I did this,’ and ‘I did that.’ She just listened to everything. Then she started telling me about her life too. She told me that she’d been in an abusive relationship. I’d always thought her life was perfect because she was a guidance counselor. But she’d been through so much too. When it was came time to apply for college, Ms. Rivera was the one who helped me apply for DACA. She told me about the TheDream.us scholarship. I didn’t even want to apply. I was ready to give up. I’d just accepted that I’d always work in restaurants like my mom. But Ms. Rivera made me apply. She said: ‘What happened to that girl who wanted to be a lawyer?’ I learned that I got the scholarship in February. They’re paying for my entire college. Ms. Rivera was so proud of me. She kept saying: ‘I told you so.’”