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Raoul Peck

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A New Doc, "Silver Dollar Road," Chronicles the Dispossession of Black Americans

"It's the story of a family who had been denied justice about a piece of land they owned for at least 160 years."

by Raoul Peck, Ed Rampell via Jacobin on October 20, 2023

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Poster for HBO documentary "Exterminate All the Brutes," featuring a human skull painted to look like a globe.

We Must Burn Them: Against the Origin Story

"History is written by the victors, but diligent and continual silencing is required to maintain its claims on the present and future."

by Hazel V. Carby via London Review of Books on May 26, 2022

Collage of a contemporary man encircled by layers of an old map, looking at 19th-century men walking past him.

Those Who Know

On Raoul Peck's "Exterminate all the Brutes" and the limits of rewriting the narrative.

by Nick Martin via The Drift on January 27, 2022

James Baldwin at work on his novel “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone," and smoking.

Refinding James Baldwin

A fascinating new exhibit focuses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.

by Doreen St. Félix via The New Yorker on December 28, 2024

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