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by Retrospect Journal 30/05/2021 0

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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021): Mississippi Burning and the Role of American Government in Films of the Civil Rights Era

Written by Suzanne Elliott. Representations of Civil Rights Era law enforcement in cinema since the 1980s have been generous, emphasising a fight for justice and tolerance. In this review, Suzanne Elliott examines how Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) breaks this trend, and why such a disruption is welcome.

by Retrospect Journal 30/05/2021 0

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Review: Sistersong, Lucy Holland (2021)

Written by Melissa Kane. Lucy Holland’s Sistersong is an enchanting piece of historical fantasy that digs into early Anglo-Saxon Britain.

by Retrospect Journal 23/05/2021 0

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Review: Our Time is Now: Race and Modernity in Postcolonial Guatemala, Julie Gibbings (2020)

Written by Jamie Gemmell. Dr Julie Gibbings’ 2020 work on postcolonial Guatemala offers an ambitiously broad examination of race and modernity, creating a multi-vocal historical narrative which is simultaneously complex and readable.

by Retrospect Journal 16/05/2021 0

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Review: Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell (2020)

Written by Melissa Kane. Maggie O’Farrell’s is a magisterial text. The writing is sublime, bringing to life Elizabethan Stratford-upon-Avon. However, it is a difficult text and requires a degree of familiarity with its inspiration, Shakespeare’s Hamlet.