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Today we'll have two films where the protagonist excels at work the larger society does not expect of them. Why unexpected? Because they are black men in a racist United States that holds unreasonably limited expectations.

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

2h 14min 50sec - English with hard-coded English subtitles
Directed by Spike Lee

Loosely based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth, the film reimagines his real-life story of inflitrating the KKK. John David Washington stars as Stallworth, along with actors Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, and Harry Belafonte's last performance before his death in April 2023.

American Fiction (2023)

1h 56min 59sec - English with hard-coded English subtitles
Directed by Cord Jefferson

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain. More than that, the film juxtaposes the lives of urban mythology with the novelist's own family life where the issues are no less 'real' nor less painful for being outside the ghetto steotype.

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Content Warnings:

-- some violence and a lot of racism / n-word use in both films --

BlacKkKlansman
Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: Moderate
Profanity: Severe
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes: Moderate

from: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15912
drug use
sexual content
sexual assault (groping, etc., but not penetration)
r*pe mentioned
someone sexually objectified
someone watched without knowing
someone resrtained
someone tortured
finger/toe mutilation? (described)
someone burned alive
someone dies
religion discussed
obscene language/gestures
ableist language or behavior
hate speech
blackface
r-slur used
homophobic slurs
antisemitism
n-word
sudden loud noises
screaming
copaganda
incarceration
car crash
car honk / tires screech
someone hit by a car
gun violence
natural bodies of water

American Fiction
Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: Mild
Profanity: Severe
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Moderate
Frightening & Intense Scenes: Mild

from: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1069167
someone has a chronic illness
dementia/Alzheimer's
heart attack
someone struggles to breathe
somone becomes unconcious
someone dies
major character dies
family member dies
parent dies
someone dies by suicide
hospital scene
someone leaves without saying goodbye
gaslighting
alcohol abuse
drug abuse
someone drugged
r*pe mentioned
natural bodies of water
cheating
bisexual cheating
dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
someone has a mental illness
obscene language/gestures
homophobic slurs
n-word
screaming
minority is misrepresented (it is the plot)
blood/gore
gun violence

letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/film/blackkklansman/
https://letterboxd.com/film/american-fiction/

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