I had the pleasure of speaking with Scholar and University of Georgia Professor, Jonathan Gayles, about his documentary entitled — "White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books" (previously titled "Shaft or Sidney Poitier: Black Masculinity in Comic Books"). The Professor's film (currently available for sale via California Newsreel) is a retrospective on the comic book industry, as Black [male] Superheroes emerged during the late 60's to mid 70's. The Profession had a lot to say about the industry and how like most mediums we discuss here at Shadow and Act, there was [and is] a pervasive trend of defining black men and women by...
- 4/28/2015
- by Monique
- ShadowAndAct
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