MOONLIGHT, Directed by Barry Jenkins

Copeland, Kameron J.

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“…His relationship with frequent collaborator Michael B. Jordan offers an alternative presentation of Black manhood challenging notions of hypermasculinity (Reid-Cleveland 2016). Their Vanity Fair photo spread particularly embraces nonsexual intimacy (Copeland 2018; Easy 2018). The Black and white photo shows Jordan cradling the back of Coogler’s head with one hand, as Coogler tilts his head toward Jordan’s shoulder and both men look at the camera.…”

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Unapologetic Blackness in Action: Embodied Resistance and Social Movement Scenes in Black Celebrity Activism

Allen

Miles

2020

Humanity & Society

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American popular culture was established to appease a white audience and continues to operate in such a manner. This pervasive white gaze in the entertainment industry manifests in anti-Black depictions and ideologies. Black celebrities have resisted this distinct form of racial oppression by overtly affirming their Black identity in entertainment spaces. To further explore this phenomenon, the present article examines: How do Black celebrities employ unapologetic Blackness as an embodied resistance tactic to challenge racial inequality in pop cultural spaces? We analyze five cases of contemporary celebrity activism across various pop cultural platforms (YouTube, film, sport, music, and television) and find that just as race is socially constructed, varying across social locations, resistance to racial oppression also varies depending on the site in which it occurs. We further argue that Black celebrities’ embodied resistance converts pop cultural spaces into social movement scenes, thus transforming moments of entertainment into opportunities for political mobilization.

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Unapologetic Blackness in Action: Embodied Resistance and Social Movement Scenes in Black Celebrity Activism

Allen

Miles

2020

Humanity & Society

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“…Roach (2019) and Bradbury-Rance (2016) argued black maternal figure in Pariah plays as sexual obstacle for the main character, Alike. As with Moonlight, Copeland (2018) said that the film examines how African-American males are forced into Black masculinity. Rahmatiah (2017) discuss the identity status in the film, in which the main character has achieved the domain of career, physical, and sexual identity after experiencing various explorations.…”

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Being Black and Queer in Pariah (2011) and Moonlight (2016)

Tambunan

Tunggal

2021

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The representation of race and sexuality particularly African Americans in Hollywood has always been problematic. In its development Hollywood has been including more representations of African-Americans. With New Black Realism, which started in the midst 90s, the African-American communities change the screen with a more empowering portrayal of the community. A common theme is usually focusing on African-American youth in surviving and negotiating with the current issues concerning race. The question to be asked is to what extent do these changes actually challenge stereotypes? By analyzing two Hollywood films, Pariah (2011) and Moonlight (2016), this article looks into the representation of African American LGBTQ characters to see how the films problematize or affirm stereotypes that have been constructed by mainstream Hollywood. By analyzing narrative elements and the cinematography elements, this research reveals even though the films try to negotiate with stereotypes, they eventually affirms how stereotypes of African Americans LGBTQ are still seen in negative way.

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Street Crime, Gangs and Drugs

Seal

2021

Gender, Crime and Justice

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MOONLIGHT, Directed by Barry Jenkins

Cited by 4 publications

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Unapologetic Blackness in Action: Embodied Resistance and Social Movement Scenes in Black Celebrity Activism

Unapologetic Blackness in Action: Embodied Resistance and Social Movement Scenes in Black Celebrity Activism

Being Black and Queer in Pariah (2011) and Moonlight (2016)

Street Crime, Gangs and Drugs

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