Lewis Latimer innovator, draftsman: “We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they be.” Born to parents who’d fled slavery, Lewis Latimer taught himself the art of mechanical drawing while working at a patent firm, earning himself a promotion from office boy to draftsman. As a draftsman, Lewis worked closely…
Continue reading ➞ All That’s Black: Lewis Latimer
Netflix's Gentefied is coming out at a time when Latinx representation in media, both in front and behind the camera, is almost nonexistent. In fact, according to a USC study conducted in 2019, Latinx actors were represented in only three percent of roles (all roles, not just lead ones) in the top-performing movies from the…
Continue reading ➞ Gentefied: Character-Driven With A Lot Of Heart
Netflix ushered in a spooky Lunar New Year with the release of its first Mandarin original series from Malaysia on January 23. The Ghost Bride is an adaptation from a 2013 novel of the same name by Malaysian author Yangsze Choo. Since the teaser trailer dropped, the six-episode series has been generating some buzz online,…
Continue reading ➞ ‘The Ghost Bride’: A Mixed Effort To Bring Peranakan And Chinese Cultures To Life
The Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's bestselling YA book To All The Boys I've Loved Before premiered in the summer of 2018 to warm reviews and enthusiastic support from fans online. It was the first in a mainstream awakening of Asian-led romcoms, followed closely by critical and commercial successes Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and fellow…
Continue reading ➞ ‘P.S. I Still Love You’: Shallow but Sweet
Netflix original programming is all the rage these days. If we’ve learned anything, it’s that the success of one Netflix property will bring about similar successors. Cultural hits like The Umbrella Academy and The Haunting of Hill House paved the way for Netflix to introduce Locke & Key. This new pseudo-horror adaptation comes from a…
