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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated I Am Not Your Negro (2017) in Movies

Jul 26, 2017

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

2017 | Documentary

10.0

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Lyrical look at America's racialised society

James Baldwin was truly an inspirational artist and author in American history. He puts forward very bluntly the issues that the country faces in terms of it's attitude towards black bodies as the body is political. It's rather depressing that after 50 years the US still has not addressed these issues. It's a haunting and poetic documentary. His line about how black people are 'castrated' throughout the country just in different ways is deeply honest and deeply disturbing.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers in Books

Nov 26, 2018

I read this book last year, and since reading it, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. Van Gogh is my favorite artist, and I love reading everything and anything about him. This book focuses on the relationship between Theo and Vincent, and uses several letters that they wrote back and forth. This book also didn't hold back some details, such as multiple mentions of the fact they both had syphilis. So, it doesn't shy away from these details, which I appreciate.