A list of writings, screenings, press, and other materials about
the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist.
the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist.
Festivals
"Selections from the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist," Camden International Film Festival, October 9, 2020.
Panel co-moderated by Cydnii Wilde Harris, Kevin B. Lee, and Will DiGravio, featuring interviews with Manny Fidel, Cara Washington of The Take, Bria Nachele, and DJ Benhameen and Tatiana King Jones of the podcast For All Nerds.
Works Screened:
Cotton - The Fabric of Genocide by Cydnii Wild Harris | Malcolm X PechaKucha by Bria Nachele | A History of Black Stereotypes on Screen by The Take |
BLM Avengers by @vantaeotsvn posted by @ForAllNerds | cops ordering food by Manny Fidel | Excerpt from whitepeoplewontsaveyou.org |
Cotton - The Fabric of Genocide by Cydnii Wild Harris | Malcolm X PechaKucha by Bria Nachele | A History of Black Stereotypes on Screen by The Take |
BLM Avengers by @vantaeotsvn posted by @ForAllNerds | cops ordering food by Manny Fidel | Excerpt from whitepeoplewontsaveyou.org |
"Seen & Heard: Selections from the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist," Open City Documentary Festival, London, September 12, 2020.
Panel co-moderated by Cydnii Wilde Harris, Kevin B. Lee, and Will DiGravio, featuring interviews with Jazmin Jones, Professor Flowers, and Nzingha Kendall.
Works Screened:
I Feel, Therefore I Can Be Free by Nzingha Kendall | New Forms of Racism in the Post-Cinematic Dispositif by Jace Alexander Casey | Unlocked by Jazmin Jones | Get Out — A New Perspective in Horror by Lessons from the Screenplay | Real Talk: How Can We Discuss Race? by Professor Flowers | Cotton - The Fabric of Genocide by Cydnii Wilde Harris
I Feel, Therefore I Can Be Free by Nzingha Kendall | New Forms of Racism in the Post-Cinematic Dispositif by Jace Alexander Casey | Unlocked by Jazmin Jones | Get Out — A New Perspective in Horror by Lessons from the Screenplay | Real Talk: How Can We Discuss Race? by Professor Flowers | Cotton - The Fabric of Genocide by Cydnii Wilde Harris
Conference Presentations
“On Curating the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist,” one-hour panel presentation by Kevin B. Lee, Cydnii Wilde Harris and Will DiGravio, moderated by Sharon Monteith, at the Trump, Television and the Media: From Drama to “Fake News” to Tweetstorms Conference, London Metropolitan University, October 30-31, 2020.
Writings
Wilde Harris, Cydnii. "Video Essays That Address Race, Inequality, and the Movement for Black Lives," Hyperallergic, August 13, 2020.
Press/Scholarly Papers
Playlist Named the Best Video Essay of 2020 by the Editors of Sight & Sound, Winter 2020-21.
Coolsaet, Inge. "Open City Documentary Festival keeps a critical eye and the audience engaged," Point of View, September 17, 2020.
Trocan, Irina. "Analogue, Digital, Computational. Politicized moving images’ reincarnation," Close Up 4:1, 2020, 59 - 67.
Hudson, Davd. "Right Things," Criterion Daily, June 12, 2020.
