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Kali O Ray, In Memoriam
On Friday, August 7, Kali O Ray, graphic designer extraordinaire and executive director of the San Francisco Black Film Festival, died...
Shoga Films
Aug 9, 20202 min read
The Red Summer of 1919
It's been open season on Black people since this country was founded. During the 19th century, the worst of anti-Black violence was...
Shoga Films
Jun 25, 20203 min read
The Killings of the COVID-19 Lockdown
The steady blows of African Americans being killed with seeming impunity by white cops and racist vigilantes don't let up even during the...
Shoga Films
Jun 3, 20202 min read
Shuffle Along - Precursor to the Harlem Renaissance
On May 23, 1921, Shuffle Along opened in a ramshackle "theater" (more a performance space; there was no orchestra pit) in New York City....
Shoga Films
May 22, 20202 min read
Gay Poet Laureate of the New Negro
By 1925, year one of the "official" Harlem Renaissance (at least as we define it), 22-year-old Countee Cullen was at the peak of his...
Shoga Films
May 12, 20203 min read
Gay Dean of the Harlem Renaissance
If asked to identify the most prominent gay member of the Harlem Renaissance, those who are deeply familiar with the subject might...
Shoga Films
May 3, 20203 min read
Why “Smoke, Lilies and Jade”?
Our previous #QueerHarlemRenaissance short, #CongoCabaret , depicted a gay-friendly cabaret described in the 1928 novel, Home to Harlem....
Shoga Films
Jun 1, 20191 min read
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