#today in film history

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

The film Beat Street was released June 8, 1984

[stevebuscemieyes]

Jurassic Park was released 30 years ago today.

Jurassic Park, June 11 1993

Dir. Steven Spielberg

[lesbianrobin]

Seeing as it's Black History Month, I'm gonna take a break from your regularly scheduled girlblogging to be a film nerd and beg every single person reading this post to go and watch Within Our Gates (1920).

Within Our Gates is a feature-length silent film written and directed by black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and it is a miracle that we have it today. The film was believed to be lost for years until a SINGLE surviving print was found in Spain, translated back into English, and recut to match the original as closely as possible. (This is actually not uncommon in the realm of old film a lot of lost films get found in random closets but ANYWAY.) The film tells the story of Sylvia, a southern schoolteacher who travels up north to raise money to keep her school open. It explores how her life and family have been affected by racism, abuse, and sexual violence, as she falls in love, works to save her school, and grapples with her place as a black woman in the antebellum south. If that's not enough to get you interested, the film is also kinda batshit. There are shootouts! Affairs! Someone gets hit by a car! It's wild and dramatic and incredibly engaging.

You've heard of Birth of a Nation, right? Maybe you've even seen it. That insanely racist piece of film history premiered in 1915. Oftentimes people will defend D.W. Griffith and the film itself as being "a product of its time." Well, Within Our Gates premiered in 1920, and it is a product of its time. It depicts white mob violence against black Americans, and how that violence destroys innocent lives and rips families apart. It is written and directed by a black man. All of its lead actors are black. It is an absolutely heart-wrenching, moving, and intelligent film, produced on a shoestring budget, that explores what it meant not only to be a black American in 1920, but what it meant to be a black woman. Different characters have different approaches to coping with racism and strategies for protecting themselves. It's complicated, and upsetting, and one of the most impactful films I've ever seen.

If you can spare an hour and twenty minutes, if you happen to have access to the film through a streaming service (in addition to being FREE ON YOUTUBE, I believe it's on Amazon Prime, Paramount+, MGM+, and some Hulu plans) or an institution (you may have access to Kanopy or a similar platform via your local library or university), it's worth a watch. Play whatever music you want in the background if your version doesn't have any added! Even if you can't watch it for whatever reason, I'd encourage all of you to look into Oscar Micheaux and the history of "race films," films created outside of the Hollywood studio system by and for black Americans.

Don't buy into the false narrative that the only black representation in historical film was minstrelsy and Griffith-style garbage.

[emprcaesar]

[wasabikitcat]

community college is so funny because half of the teachers are like "For this class you need to use lockdown browser for all quizzes and tests. You need to buy this 70 dollar textbook, and all papers turned in must be in APA format with a title page even if they're only 500 words long. I will not accept late assignments. Also you have a minimum of 4 assignments a week." and the other half are like "you don't need proctoring for the final exam I trust you. here's a download link to a pirated copy of the textbook. as long as your writing is coherent and demonstrates an understanding of the material I literally could not care less what format you use. I can't figure out how canvas works so I'm not giving you due dates, just make sure it's turned in before the grading period ends. your only weekly assignment is a forum post with a minimum of 100 words."

[thomas-mvller]

Kou Itakura (30') Leroy Sané (58') Mathys Tel (87') Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 - 2 | FC Bayern München ᴮᵘⁿᵈᵉˢˡᶦᵍᵃ ⁻ ᵐᵃᵗᶜʰʷᵉᵉᵏ ³

[mannyblacque]

Source

[yourbleedingh3art]

[salvadorbonaparte]

I just remembered how my friend’s dad told me with a serious face that my tribe is full of cannibals and that there were savages hiding in the woods we lived near. Like wtf. I didn’t know how to respond

Build a time machine, kill Christopher Columbus

[fruitsofhell]

Idk who's gonna step up and absolutely torch the live action snow white movie alive when it comes out but I wanna be one of them. You cannot even begin to comprehend how much of a spit in the face it is to the entire medium of animation and the positive artistic legacy of Walt Disney studios that they're making that abomination. I have an essay waiting in the wings about how thoughtfully the original Snow White was constructed in relation to blending the humanity of live action with the elevated stylization of animation, and I may either just post it ot twist it into something about the live action remake if I wanna sit on it.

Hell, I was going through a personal project of watching every Disney film and taking notes and I might actually start posting those to get ahead of the disgusting ass live action trend. They already said they're making a Bambi remake and I'm so serious, my entire personality will shift, I will become the hater to end all haters, and a lover of the og to the highest degree.

I'm so disgusted by the live action remake trend, it's anti-art, it's anti-humanity and a shameless display of sheer corporate greed and disrespect from Disney on every conceivable level.

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

The movie Wild Style premiered March 18, 1983

[stevebuscemieyes]

Thirteen Ghosts was released 22 years ago today on October 26th 2001.

Thirteen Ghosts, October 26 2001

Dir. Steve Beck

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA Usa Today di Oggi giovedì, 05 settembre 2024

[grandmoments]

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

[chiropteracupola]

historical military illustration is a damnable pit trap actually. whoops.

[hussyknee]

Everyone's talking about King Theoden so I thought to contribute Captain Smith from The Titanic. One of the scenes in movie history that haunted a generation.

RIP Bernard Hill.