Black Lives Matter.
Our statement about the fight against white supremacy and police brutality can be found at 00:05:06 of our latest episode, which you can listen to through the player embedded above.
Our full list of recommendations for engaging with antiracism and Black voices through media includes:
BOOKS:
“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson
“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
“When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir” by Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors
“Fatal Invention” by Dorothy Roberts
“The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas
PODCASTS:
Keep It! with Ira Madison III, Louis Virtel, and Aida Osman
Pod Save the People with DeRay Mckesson
FILM:
‘Just Mercy’
‘The Hate U Give’
‘Get Out’
‘I Am Not Your Negro’
‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
‘Moonlight’
‘Do The Right Thing’
‘13th’
‘Dear White People’
TELEVISION:
‘When They See Us’
‘Dear White People’
‘Insecure’
‘Watchmen’
Cineplex is currently providing a collection of important films curated to elevate Black stories, artists, and filmmakers, and spark discussion. These films are available to view at no cost through Cineplex’s website.
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