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Jourdain Searles

Jourdain Searles is a writer and performer living in Queens, New York. She has written for many publications, including Bitch Media, The AV Club, Vulture, and Thrillist.

Posted inFilm

Kathleen Collins’s Groundbreaking Portrait of Black Womanhood

by Jourdain Searles June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

Ignored and undistributed upon its debut in 1982, in the decades since, the film Losing Ground has slowly gained the recognition it deserves.

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Good Madam Is a South African Horror Film Haunted by Whiteness

by Jourdain Searles October 12, 2021October 12, 2021

Jenna Cato Bass’s film is a reckoning both for her and all the clueless white children who never thought about the Black women who served them.

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The Gothic Tale of a Girl With Ice Cubes for Teeth

by Jourdain Searles September 27, 2021September 29, 2021

Lucile Hadžihalilović’s English-language debut Earwig is another odd but assured film about the relationships between children and their guardians.

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In Working Girls, Sex Work Is Another Everyday 9–5

by Jourdain Searles June 29, 2021June 29, 2021

A restoration of Lizzie Borden’s landmark 1986 portrait of sex and labor is coming to theaters.

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The Pink Cloud Is a Dark Sci-Fi Take on Quarantine, Made Before the Pandemic

by Jourdain Searles January 30, 2021January 13, 2022

Playing at the Sundance Film Festival, the Brazilian drama will make you wonder if writer/director Iuli Gerbase is a prophet.

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a Portrait of Black Masculinity Among Blues Musicians

by Jourdain Searles December 29, 2020December 29, 2020

Despite the title, Netflix’s adaptation of August Wilson’s play is not about the legendary singer, but the men around her.

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Steve McQueen Brings the Vibrancy of British Caribbean Communities to the Big Screen

by Jourdain Searles October 8, 2020November 5, 2020

With Mangrove, Lover’s Rock, and Red, White and Blue, McQueen’s Small Axe anthology emphasizes resilience and collective strength.

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Beyoncé’s Black is King, a Black American Vision of the African Continent

by Jourdain Searles August 10, 2020November 5, 2020

Though produced in collaboration with creatives from around the globe, there’s an unmistakable feeling that the film is meant more for Black Americans than the wider African diaspora.

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A Filmmaker Explores Relationships to Blindness

by Jourdain Searles July 21, 2020November 5, 2020

Grappling with his own loss of sight, Rodney Evans surveys the experiences of blind artists in Vision Portraits.

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