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Movie Review: ‘Tuesday,’ with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is strange, emotional and fiercely original
6 months, 1 week ago

Movie Review: ‘Tuesday,’ with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is strange, emotional and fiercely original

Associated Press  

Death has taken many forms in cinema. But in “ Tuesday,” filmmaker Daina O. Pusić's bold, fantastical and affecting debut, death looks like a lot like a macaw that’s seen better days. Covered in a thick layer of grime and oil with patches of feathers missing, “Tuesday’s” Death can be as big as a room or as small as an …

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Developer drops land purchase in historically Black town
1 year, 8 months ago

Developer drops land purchase in historically Black town

Associated Press  

EATONVILLE, Fla. — A developer on Friday ended plans to purchase a 100-acre property from the local school system in a historically Black town in Florida following a public outcry that the deal threatened the cultural heritage of the community made famous by Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. “This decision presents us with a new opportunity to collaborate with …

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How a new film captured Zora Neale Hurston’s radical authenticity
1 year, 11 months ago

How a new film captured Zora Neale Hurston’s radical authenticity

LA Times  

Zora Neale Hurston may have been buried in an unmarked grave when she died in 1960, but her star has been rising, posthumously, ever since Alice Walker brought her back to public’s attention in the late 1970s. And now she’s the subject of a new PBS “American Experience” documentary, “ Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space,” which premieres Tuesday on …

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Valerie Boyd, Zora Neale Hurston biographer, dead at 58
2 years, 10 months ago

Valerie Boyd, Zora Neale Hurston biographer, dead at 58

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Valerie Boyd, who wrote a well regarded biography of Zora Neale Hurston and editor of an upcoming collection of author Alice Walker’s journals, has died at age 58. Boyd was a former arts editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution whose “Wrapped in Rainbow: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston” was published in 2003 and praised by The New …

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