Jennifer Blaylock

Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly's President’s House, federal judge rules The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."

The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."

A close up of the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Here's a 1989 interview with Rev. Jackson from Eyes on the Prize II. He discusses Harold Washington, the 1972 National Black Political Convention, and much more.

Thank you, Rev. Jackson.

Preserved by the Film &Media Archive at the @washulibraries.bsky.social.

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I don’t have the syllabus saved digitally. I have all my assignments though, haha. I might have my readers somewhere in a box but I would have to do some digging.

An ethnographic film class was my entry into film. Transformative double semester class with the history and theory in the fall and production in the spring. It was taught by Irina Leimbacher so it was very experimental heavy. Best class of my undergraduate studies.

Um…can you send this my way too.

Don't forget about the Feminist Influences online roundtable today!
Email the office for the Zoom details.

Still time to sign up for this book talk!

For sure! Some of my best thinking happens on walks. I don't know if I could have completed my dissertation (or my PhD exams) without Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Feminist Influences Roundtable

SCMS+ Event: Continuing feminist film theory from Part 1 during the Virtual Symposium, the Gender & Feminisms Caucus will host a roundtable, “Feminist Influences,” on Thu, Feb 12 at 4:00 CST / 5:00 PM EST. Speakers will reflect on key essays or book chapters. Email the SCMS office for Zoom details.

América invertida - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

My contribution to tonight's discourse I haven't seen mentioned yet is the reference to Torres García's América Invertida when listing the countries.

I love a well planned use of mise en place and scene to make an entertaining yet political point. Good job Benito. #suoerbowl

Do you mean encouraging students to tear up their domiciles to look for listening devices?

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In other words, this discursive formation has produced this reality rather than any real effects of media on the body or social behavior. (Note: I have not read the article yet, haha.)

because we have a deep willingness to believe in media’s ability to shift sense perception.

I’m very skeptical of this claim of shortened attention spans. These kids have been told, by popular discourse driven by marketing and the attention economy, that they can only watch short video (even as they spend hours on social media platforms). They have the ability, we’ve excused the behavior…

Is this a definition of marketing?

I’ve covered Melania Trump for more than a decade. Here’s what I learned from her new documentary | CNN Politics “Melania” the documentary is a big, beautiful coffee table book of a film, filled with glossy images, high fashion and a captivating soundtrack.

Fascinated by Melania Trump’s description of her film. It’s not a documentary, she said. “It is a creative experience that offers perspectives, insights and moments.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/p...

Still time left to register for this! And if you HATE AI and don't want to talk about it, you'll be surprised how you'll enjoy and get out of this ;)

I keep thinking about the line from bell hooks' Feminism is for Everybody, "Patriarchal masculinity teaches men that their sense of self and identity, their reason for being, resides in their capacity to dominate others."

Flyer with image of new book "Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies: Lights, Camera, Algorithms." Event is on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1pm Eastern time. Authors Bridgeet Kies and Mel Stanfill.

Please join us on Friday, Feb. 13 @ 1pm Eastern for a book talk with @bridgetkies.bsky.social and @melstanfill.bsky.social on their new book "Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies." Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CFP for the @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social SIG's Student Essay Award! Click the link to read the full description. Be sure to send to your colleagues and students!

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SCMS-2026 GSO Mentorship
GSO is hosting one-on-one mentorship meetings (in person at SCMS or virtual) connecting grad students,recent grads, & precariously employed scholars with advanced academic & alt-ac mentors.

👉 Mentor & mentee sign-up forms are linked and available via QR codes in the flyer.

Jobs | City University of New York

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Assistant Professor of Black Studies

In our latest issue, Laura McMahon explores an increasingly distinct tendency in Black feminist experimental film and video to turn to dance as a way of reimagining colonial histories, archives, and afterlives.

Open access now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

Awesome. When I read this title I immediately thought of Onyeka Igwe. Glad to see it includes her work.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under Trump

Over half of the 544 public radio and TV stations that received CPB funding were considered rural, giving 99% of Americans access to public media. https://loom.ly/fpuAgSo

The digital version is now up! Please check out this wonderful issue of Black Camera. Reach out if you want to read my article and don't have institutional access. muse.jhu.edu/issue/56164

Cover of the academic film journal Black Camera: An International Film Journal. Cover features a photograph of Maria, the protagonist of the film Sambizanga, with her child wrapped around her back. She wears a yellow shirt with a purple head scarf. The journal background is purple with light blue font.

A photograph of the first page of an article from the journal. The title of the article is "Sambizanga (1972/2021): The Thin Green Line Between Canons and Revolutions" by Jennifer Blaylock.

My article, "Sambizanga (1972/2021): The Thin Green Line Between Canons and Revolutions," just came out as part of a Close-Up on Sambizanga guest edited by Gust Burns for Black Camera. Also in this issue is a Close-Up on Sara Gómez. I couldn't have asked for better holiday reading.

Thank you for your contribution to the special issue and to today’s conversation @briannajc.bsky.social. I learned and was inspired. What a good way to close out the semester.