African-American, Music Film Culture, Teaching No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Universal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5884871ae) Spike Lee Do The Right Thing - 1989 Director: Spike Lee Universal USA On/Off Set Drama 29 Apr 2020 Pedagogies of/in Isolation I’m sure people who teach film exclusively or near-exclusively have layered techniques for guiding discussion and orienting people properly toward… John Drabinski
African-American, Music Film Culture, U.S. Politics 20 Feb 2017 Five Thoughts on I Am Not Your Negro A first handful of thoughts on John Drabinski No Comments
Music Film Culture 04 Jul 2016 Abbas Kiarostami, Rest in Peace Rest in peace, Abbas Kiarostami. I remember when he had his moment in the U.S., when Taste of Cherry made… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 20 Apr 2016 Eight Thoughts on Chi-Raq Eight thoughts on Chi-Raq, which I’ve just rewatched after missing it at the theater. I have to say, it was… John Drabinski No Comments
Music Film Culture 28 Jan 2016 Note on Vijay Iyer Here are the comments I made introducing Vijay Iyer at the 28 January 2016 Hutchins Center colloquium at Harvard, with… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 30 Jan 2014 James Carr’s dark ends One of the pleasures of the shuffle setting on my music player is random re-discovery. James Carr, a Memphis legend… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture, White-American 28 Jan 2014 Solidarity and cultural politics I’ve never been a fan of how Pete Seeger renders American folk songs. His voice and musical arrangement never connected… John Drabinski 26 Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 22 Jan 2014 Michael Crabtree as racial remainder I hesitated to write about what can now only be called The Richard Sherman Incident. I hesitated because the rhetoric… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture, White-American 30 Dec 2013 Race, Apology, and Ani DiFranco The time of social media events is short, so writing a few words on Ani DiFranco's apology (or apologetically toned… John Drabinski 5 Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 04 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, spirituals The function of the spirituals in the African-American intellectual tradition is well-known, especially in the work of W.E.B. Du Bois… John Drabinski No Comments