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maya cade

3 years

some news: today, i’m excited to launch . this ever-expanding black film archive provides history and context to over 200 black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. every description on the site is lovingly written & researched by me.

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i’m *still* not over this viola davis photoshoot for oprah’s magazine in 2009.

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there really is something to write about the tiktokification of everyday life: users are now workers in an assumed reality show feigning for the moment of vitality and the life changing promise of internet stardom

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diana ross at studio 54 in 1979. 🎂

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there’s an essay to be written on the ways tumblr — and the quest for the perfectly shareable moment from a film — changed how people engage with cinema as the platform turned 15 this year.

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easter sunday in harlem, 1947. photo by henri cartier-bresson

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when solange said “i can’t be a singular expression of myself, there’s too many parts, too many spaces, too many manifestations, too many lines, too many curves, too many troubles, too many journeys....” i felt that.

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barber shop, 1956. los angeles. photo by harry adams.

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andré leon talley, 1984. photo by andy warhol 💔

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this afro sheen commercial from 1971 lives rent free in my mind.

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prince, at age 19, photographed by robert whitman in 1977. ☔️

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ronnie spector in new york city’s riverside park, 1973 💔 by kevin dilworth

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always thinking of the often sampled but under celebrated ann peebles. here, performing her sensational masterpiece “can’t stand the rain”, which she co-wrote. song for sunday. 💐

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nia long, larenz tate, and bill bellamy on the set of “love jones” (1997) 💌

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eartha kitt in 1982. photographed by paul harris.

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i’m tired of self love being framed as a revenge fantasy. there is no audience to perform for. indulge in the fullness of self love because you deserve it.

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2 years

rest in peace to mary alice, the unforgettable and undeniable on screen force. 💔

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“friendship is the place in which a great majority of us have our first glimpse of redemptive love and caring community. learning to love in friendships empowers us in ways that enable us to bring this love to other interactions with family or with romantic bonds.” —bell hooks

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serena and venus williams in 1991. photos by roderick lyons.

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i think about this scene from “sex and the city” everyday in isolation.

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black women filmmakers at UCLA in 1983. founders of the black filmmakers collective (circa 1982) and architects of the l.a. rebellion. alile sharon larkin, stormé (bright) sweet, melvonna ballenger, and julie dash.

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the flamingos’ “i only have eyes for you” simply is one of the greatest songs of all time. seen here performing it live in 1959. a song for sunday. 🌹🌹🌹

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ronnie spector’s sensibilities and sound changed the world forever. may this icon rest in peace. may we lift her memory up. her irresistible voice in “be my baby” with the ronettes.

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aretha franklin photoshoot for her “i never loved a man the way i loved you” album in 1967. photos by jerry schatzberg.

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happy birthday to the revolutionary thinker and writer, toni morrison! we are because you were.

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the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was having y’all believe that being pro-black means unconditionally supporting black people who have done terrible things.

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3 years

some news: today, i’m excited to launch . this ever-expanding black film archive provides history and context to over 200 black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. every description on the site is lovingly written & researched by me.

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pam grier on the cover of new york magazine in may 1975.

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thinking of the power of octavia butler’s manifestation & journaling today.

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on the first day of spring i’m thinking only of this 1938 photo of josephine baker tending to her garden.

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“the lovers” by jacob lawrence. 1946.

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the kiss. 3rd ward, houston texas, 1989. photo by earlie hudnall jr.

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denzel washington on being called the next sidney poitier. 1998 clip via @amarchivepub ’s “sidney poitier; one bright light” special.

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young family strolling in harlem, 1972 photo by chester higgins

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eartha kitt in the kitchen on thanksgiving.

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irene cara was simply born to be a star. here she is performing at age 8 in 1967.

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“sometimes you don't survive whole. you just survive in parts. but the grandeur of life is that attempt. it's not about that solution.” — toni morrison in may 2001.

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tina turner in paris, 1971. photos by patrice habans.

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i think of lucille clifton’s “won’t you celebrate with me” every day. what a gift it is to hear her recite it.

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toni morrison at her upstate new york home in 1980. photo by bernard gotfryd.

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“perhaps that's what all human relationships boil down to: would you save my life? or would you take it?” — toni morrison, “song of solomon”

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june jordan, alice walker, lucille clifton, and audre lorde singing together at the phillis wheatley poetry festival in 1973.

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love on the bus, chicago. 1967. photo by john simmons.

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i am thinking only of this photo of josephine baker tending to her flower garden on the first day of spring. 1931.

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1 year

using the internet, generally, requires some level of self delusion to constantly perform; to constantly update & share. tiktok reframes this performance by promising its undercompensated workers if they create content they can move classes, create trends, move the world, et al

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2 years

“i realize i don’t know very much. none of us knows very much. but we can all learn more. then we can teach one another. we can stop denying reality or hoping it will go away by magic.” —octavia butler, “parable of the sower”

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some news: on the 1st anniversary of , i’m proud to share that the black film archive —a digital archive providing history and context to black films— is expanding to include black films from the 1980s and focus on global black cinema.

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3 years

happy birthday to the legendary diahann carroll. 💐

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toni morrison lounging in her new york city apartment. above her, a portrait of her painted when she was 23. photo by dave bookstaver, 1998

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the tumblr asthethicization of film reframes performance, context, and critical discourse to fit the user’s intent through photos and screengrabs and is often an entry point of engaging with movies. it’s carried over to how film is discussed on twitter & deserves analysis.

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aretha franklin giving a sensational performance of “call me”, a song written by her, in 1970. a song for sunday 💐

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donna summer and her daughter mimi in 1982.

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on the final day of black music month, here’s whitney houston and natalie cole performing “i say a little prayer”. ❣️

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new york city, 1972. photo by ernest cole

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“this is precisely the time when artists go to work. there is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. we speak, we write, we do language. that is how civilizations heal.” — toni morrison

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

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pam grier and eartha kitt in “friday foster” (1975). ❣️

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sam cooke in time square. august 1964, a few months before he passed.

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i think about this clip of nina simone singing “young, gifted, and black” on “sesame street” in 1972 often

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a juke joint in south carolina. 1956. by margaret bourke-white for “time” magazine.

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rip to the great rock star, betty davis! 💔 the world will simply never be the same. forever in our hearts, minds, and influence.

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the most persistent and urgent question in my life is: “does this [event/occasion/person et al] feel better than my solitude?”

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stevie wonder in 1977. 📸: michael ochs

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“crossroads” (2002) feels like a fever dream. written by shonda rhimes? starring britney spears? zoe saldana? taryn manning? …and kim cattrall?

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stevie wonder and aretha franklin at aretha’s 35th birthday party in 1977. ❣️

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minnie riperton and stevie wonder in “jet” magazine, july 1975.

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no one has a better marketing team than pleather. that transition from pleather to ‘vegan leather’? unmatched.

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diana ross, elton john, and cher at the rock music awards in 1975.

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teddy pendergrass backstage at the “dinah shore show” in 1978. ❣️

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simply the best. rip to the incomparable tina turner, queen of legs, our hearts, and breaking every rule. the queen of rock 'n roll performing on "soul train" in 1972.

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this joni mitchell performance feels like a living eulogy…an artist who knows life on earth is brief so we must savor its sweetness and recognize its bitterness… just gorgeous.

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to see some users “make it” and no longer depend on the platform means that tiktok can naturally persuade users to continue making content to “make it” but that illusion is the internet’s version of the lottery effect.

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daydreaming and i’m thinking about you, thinking about you

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i’m reminded in diahann carroll’s passing that the biggest failure of the streaming era is how classic black television is still so unaccessible.

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jessie maple— one of the first black woman filmmakers to complete a feature length film— is a giant. her advocacy, mentorship, and care has touched generations of black filmmakers. her passing is a true, deep loss.

BFCA - Black Film Center & Archive

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1 year

Please read the media announcement that the family of Jessie Maple asked that we share. We extend our deepest condolences to the entire family. We're committed and dedicated to honoring her legacy. ~ Black Film Center & Archive