8 uplifting films that explore Black joy.
plays into the existing tradition of Black films in Hollywood. After a violent altercation with a police officer during a traffic stop, Queen and Slim end up on the run, fleeing unjust punishment in a system that prioritizes officers’ reputations over those of Black civilians. But the underlying messages around Black love, iconography and kinship — not to mention its sumptuous aesthetics — help to deepen the conversation.
Fashion lovers will appreciate how director Melina Matsoukas Both established and emerging Black designers, from Sean John and Dapper Dan to Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss and Carly Cushnie were tapped to weave Black creativity deeper into the film’s fabrics.
Based in part on a semi-autobiographical play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the film visits Chiron, a quiet Black boy living in a Miami housing project, at different chapters of his life: childhood , adolescence and young adulthood . Lit and edited to otherworldly perfection, set to a chopped-and-screwed classical score by Nicholas Britell, and moving in terms of both narrative and performance, the film feels gentle and urgent all at once.
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