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Coffy: how Blaxploitation star Pam Grier helped lead the way for strong resilient women in film
When Pam Grier’s breakthrough movie Coffy was released in 1973, American International Pictures was clearly confident that her eponymous

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Oct 9, 20234 min read
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50 years of hip-hop: Its social and political power resonates far beyond its New York birthplace
Some historians say hip-hop culture all started at a party one hot August night in the South Bronx in 1973.

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Sep 30, 20233 min read
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Queer film in Africa is rising – even in countries with the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws
A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco ...

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Sep 25, 20234 min read
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Nigeria’s slick Netflix epic, Jagun Jagun, explores a rich past that also reflects the world today
Netflix’s recently released film Jagun Jagun (The Warrior) is set in pre-colonial Nigeria and follows the story of a feared warlord ...

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Sep 20, 20234 min read
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