Allyson Nadia Field

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How America’s earliest films were based in minstrelsy


Something Good Kiss reel preview

Academy honors UChicago scholar who identified historic on-screen kiss

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1898 Silent Film Represents Earliest Depiction of On-Screen Black Love


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Tracing Chicago origins of 'Something Good,' a recently discovered film clip depicting first onscreen kiss between two African-Americans


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Can we trust the beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”?


Found: The Earliest Cinematic Depiction of a Black Couple Kissing


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This Early Film Depicting Black Love Went Hidden For Years


Film scholars found the earliest known on-screen depiction of African-American love


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'Jurassic Park,' 'The Shining,' And 23 Other Movies Added To National Film Registry


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Silent film of black couple’s kiss discovered, added to National Film Registry