Dennis Broe
LATEST ARTICLES BY Dennis Broe
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Books
The art of the (street) deal: More honest than Trump
August 18, 2021After seeing his business taken from him, Huey concludes that in a “country founded on capitalism” where “Black people were the first commodity sold on Wall Street…as soon as black people find a way to build...
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Culture
Streaming platforms vs. Media sovereignty: Netflix and others challenge national broadcasters
August 10, 2021The power of the American streamers is forcing national films and television series to dilute their content in order to also reach a global audience.
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Culture
Battle for the soul of popular media: COVID, Cannes, and conglomerates
August 2, 2021What Cannes tell us about the future of watching film in theaters, on TVs and on computers.
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Culture
Cannes and COVID go together like a horse and carriage
July 22, 2021Another Cannes Film Festival is in the books and this one was beset with all the contemporary contradictions as the global crisis outran the global comeback.
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Cannes 2021: The best lack conviction, the worst filled with passionate intensity
July 12, 2021This year the entire festival bureaucracy has moved online, which caused much initial chaos.
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Books
The crime novel post-confinement and post-BLM: The three-day plan
July 6, 2021
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Arts
The Colescott Chronicles Part 2: Expanding Black representation, critiquing consumerism and colonialism
June 25, 2021
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Arts
The Colescott Chronicles Part I: Breaking free of color blindness and abstract art
June 15, 2021One of the founding members of New Black Art just reaped the rewards of his painterly prowess. Robert Colescott’s monumental George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware recently sold for $15.3 million.
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