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Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:53:50 +0000

I think that Nicole Sealey’s poem “in igboland” from her book Ordinary Beasts would make a good addition to the course because it reminds me a bit of Daughters of the Dust. The poem focuses on a town that build […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 08:40:05 +0000

Prompt 14

The biggest change between the film and the print text is the chronology and how the flashbacks are worked in. Rather than Gabriel, Florence, and Elizabeth each having their own distinct flashback […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Blessed Assurance and All God's Children, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 22:55:41 +0000

I definitely agree that this documentary highlighted intersectionality within the Black community. I think the broad group of people interviewed helped with this a lot, as it allowed us to see various perspectives […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Not the Question, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 22:29:35 +0000

I think this is a great point, Cole. Delly doesn’t really get agency or character development and since we only learn about him through his father’s descriptions, what information we do have is colored by his […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:07:46 +0000

Prompt One

Kelly Brown Douglas’s “Homophobia and Heterosexism in the Black Church and Community” analyzes some of the causes of Black homophobia and argues that the Black community needs to confront its homop […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:09:26 +0000

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 […]

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)

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:30:16 +0000

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)

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:11:19 +0000

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 […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:21:22 +0000

While Boycott and Four Little Girls present religion as being very connected to the Civil rights movement, “The Sky is Gray” and Nothing But A Man both present a conflict between preachers who trust God to sol […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Narrative versus Interview Endings, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:43:41 +0000

Hi Cole, I think you make a great point about how the types of films they are dictate their endings. I didn’t think the ending of Four Little Girls was as effective as Boycott because it wasn’t focused on the […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Keep. Moving. Forward., on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:29:56 +0000

Hi Ty, I really like what you said about the film showing that the movement is non-linear. When I was watching it I definitely felt like the ending wasn’t clear cut, especially when the police car appeared. I […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:45:28 +0000

While I found the ending of Four Little Girls emotionally compelling, I think that the ending of Boycott is more effective at helping us understand the movement as a whole. Four Little Girls ends with an […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Danny and God, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:55:53 +0000

Hi Eliza, this was a really interesting post! I agree that Melba views Danny as a protector much in the same way she does God. I think one of the reasons Melba has such faith in Danny is because he’s one of the […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:34:05 +0000

While reading Warriors Don’t Cry, one of the prompts I was interested in was the effects of other documents being included in Beals’s memoir, specifically the newspaper headlines. While I don’t know if I agree […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 01:10:30 +0000

In “Exiled at Home,” one of the things that Cucinella and Curry discuss is Iona’s chosen exile, which is something I thought about in relation to question #5 about the resolution of Daughters of the Dust. Iona’ […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Sweat + Inspiration = Art, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:24:25 +0000

I think the idea of Delia being broken down like Cole’s ironing boards is really interesting and speaks a lot to the way that Delia is described as “work-worn” throughout the story. Delia bears the marks of hard […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Delia's "Domestic Shield" & connections to Willie Cole, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:04:37 +0000

I think the connection between women’s hard work and warrior- like qualities is really interesting. Carter also notes Delia’s hard work and perseverance in her article about sweat, arguing that it makes Delia […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:36:05 +0000

Judith Weisenfeld’s chapter “’Taint What You Was, It’s What You is Today” describes the making of the film Hallelujah! and how director King Vidor shaped the film and drew connections between black religion […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Celebrity Preachers, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 05:40:16 +0000

Hi Rekik, I think you make a great point about the whole parade and cheering crowds being similar to the attention and authority granted to celebrity preachers in modern day. I think the idea of being well known […]

Hannah Groetsch commented on the post, Performance Aspects of Chanted Railroad Sermons, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 05:25:47 +0000

Hi Carly! I also liked getting to see Zeke dress up and act out the train analogy. The question you pose is interesting because even while acting as the “conductor” Zeke himself is led astray multiple times, and I […]

Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020)

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:42:45 +0000

After reading “Hallelujah!: Transformation in Film” by Jessica H. Howard, I was most interested in Howard’s discussion of how the film uses a capella singing and the transition from speech to song to crate a sen […]

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Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:09:12 +0000