BLACK PEOPLE FLOURISHING: ELLE LORRAINE
BY: ARAMIDE TINUBU
Black people are well acquainted with loss. This year, which started so full of promise, has in many ways suffocated humanity. We are sitting in a moment when isolation and distance are necessary for survival. From personal loss to the deaths of titans like Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, we have all been staring down a barrel into the unknown. Yet, despite the struggle, Black storytelling is emerging like never before. This year has delivered the first Black-led Disney/Pixar film, Soul, starring Jamie Foxx, and romances like, The Photograph. Spike Lee has blessed us with his first Joint of the new decade, the Vietnam-set
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