Themed Playlist: Acting the Ape: Hollywood Gorilla Men
Becky Bartlett offers a list of films that draw attention to gorilla characters and the the ‘golden age’ of ape suit cinema (the 1940s-1960s) in Hollywood.
Performance
The Act of Signifyin(g): Reflections on Dolemite is My Name
In which Leshu Torchin thinks aloud about Henry Gates Jr’s Signifyin(g), Marlon Riggs’s Black Macho, Blaxploitation, and Dolemite is My Name.