Black History at USD Project Seek Your Horizon through Unity John Dusel Dr. Miller HIST-128 May 13, 2022 The University of San Diego strives to help students find their horizons through collaboration and education. At first, the content in Continue reading
I attended the program, “The Black Present and Presence” and the speakers highlighted the importance of understanding black culture and learning how to interact with communities that are unfamiliar to you. Professor Miller started off the program by introducing our Continue reading
Noah Miles 3/8/21 Judas and the Black Messiah Judas and the Black Messiah is a recently released historical drama that I recently viewed and feel very strongly about. Starring a plethora of extremely talented African American actors, Judas and the Continue reading
For my Black History month event I choose to watch Judas and The Black Messiah directed and produced by Shaka King. The movie is a biographical drama about the betrayal of Chicago’s Panther Party leader in the late 1960’s, Fred Continue reading
Django Unchained is a movie by Quentin Tarantino based two years before the civil war. The movie revolves around Django who is a freed slave who with the help of a German bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz, sets out to Continue reading
In what USA today considers a film that “captures [the] brutality, [and] reality of slavery”, 12 Year A Slave retells the story of Solomon Northup, a freeman turned slave. Portrayed by British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, Solomon Northup’s horrific life story Continue reading
To honor Black History Month and advance my understanding of African-American history, I recently viewed 13th, an engrossing Netflix documentary directed by Ava DuVernay in 2016, which is about how mass incarceration in America heavily correlates with the criminalization of Continue reading
Ava Duvernay’s 13th documentary explores mass incarceration and the presence of racial criminalization from the end of slavery to the present. The documentary features interviews with several leading scholars, pundits, and activists working on the issue, as well as a Continue reading
Tarantino has done it again! Famous American filmmaker, director, and actor, Quentin Tarantino, known for creating masterpieces such as Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, and Inglorious Bastards, has made history with history in his spaghetti western, Django Unchained. The film revolves Continue reading
Green Book is an award-winning film, it was nominated for five awards, winning three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. The film was very well received and the success it had was not expected when it Continue reading
