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Ty wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

After attending the Poetry Reading by Aaron Coleman, I was intrigued by a multitude of things and greatly moved by his readings of his poetry. Prior to hearing him read them, it was slightly difficult for me to […]
Eliza Cullen wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

There are many connections between the poems that Aaron Coleman wrote and read out loud and the themes that we have talked about in class. One of the connections between the poems and the class is the theme of […]
Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

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In “Very Many Hands,” Aaron Coleman establishes the landscape for his book, “Threat Come Close,” a collection of poems, by understanding the stories and experiences of mig […]
Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I was intrigued by “Another Strange Land: Downpour off Cape Hatteras, March, 1864” and “Negro Reverend of an All White Church” and the similarities between the two of them. Both are persona poems about Coleman […]
Carly McWilliams wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I was so excited that Aaron Coleman chose to recite many of the poems we read in class yesterday, including “A Fire She Loved” and “Another Strange Land: Downpour off Cape Hatteras (March, 1864).” These two […]
Abby wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

In an interview with Alive Mag, Aaron Coleman states, “When I’m writing, the idea is to look so closely at the situation or the feeling that that stands before any concerns of being representative. But at the […]
maud utstein wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

After listening to the poetry reading by Aaron Coleman, I was intrigued by 2 of his poems, Viciousness in Ends and A Fire She Loved. What I found especially interesting about Viciousness in Ends was how he […]
Ty wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

In both films, we see a binary within black masculinity: religious and secular. Religious characters, though respected by the community, are judged by the more radical black men because of their tie to the white […]
Jack Galle commented on the post, Masculinity in "The Sky is Grey" and "Nothing but a Man", on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

Masculinity and religion are always intertwined very interestingly and most of that comes from the media. Preachers are always seen as strong men who lead whereas any other kind of man who is deeply religious is […]
Jack Galle commented on the post, Duff and Malcolm X, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I also really enjoyed how similar Duff and Malcolm X are. It is really easy to see where Malcolm X drew from this movie. The idea of an older gentleman wanting to be patient and wait for the change and a young man […]
Jack Galle wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I understand why the little boy in The Sky is Grey gives the preacher so much grief. The white slave owners were not benevolent in introducing Christianity to their slaves. They taught them a very specific kind of […]
Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Who "Makes 'Tend" in The Sky is Gray?, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I really enjoyed reading this post and getting to see the connections between all of these “making ‘tend” quotes! This also reminded me a bit of the gas station scene in Nothing But A Man where Duff at first […]
Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Heirlooms of Trauma, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

This was a really interesting post Alyssa! Both “The Sky is Gray” and Nothing But A Man focus a lot on the relationships between parents and children and I think considering the roles mental illness and trauma […]
Mason Poisson commented on the post, Masculinity in "The Sky is Grey" and "Nothing but a Man", on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I find the connection you make between masculinity and media interesting. I also believe that the media plays a major role in how men are portrayed in both domestic and work settings. I feel it places a burden on […]
Mason Poisson commented on the post, Duff and Malcolm X, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I really like the point you bring up regarding Malcom X and Duff’s similarities regarding distrusting white folks. I think this connects to a deeper theme that both individuals are heavily involved in the battle […]
Eliza Cullen commented on the post, Faith, Action, and Inaction, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I really like this comparison you made between Duff and the student. They both do have strong critics of religion and how religion leads to inaction. Both of them also have conflicts with religious leaders because […]
Carly McWilliams wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

In Ernest Gaines’ “The Sky is Gray,” I noticed a theme of pretending in many of the characters throughout the short story–narrated by James as “making ‘tend”. This theme is very noticeable with the main […]
Eliza Cullen commented on the post, Heirlooms of Trauma, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

This was a super interesting post! I really enjoyed the connection that you made between the two films. I agree that both are good examples of passing down trauma and mental illness onto children.I also noticed […]
Eliza Cullen wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

I can definitely see why Nothing But a Man would be Malcolm X’s favorite film. There are many similarities between the civil rights leader Malcolm X and the protagonist in Nothing But a Man, Duff. The film has a […]
Alyssa S. wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 5 years, 9 months ago

Generational trauma is a major part of systemic racism that often gets overlooked. Because black people seem to be inflicting this on ourselves, it is dismissed as a “Black Problem”. Parents passing their trauma […]
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