Author Spotlight

Tiana Reid

Tiana Reid is a writer and academic from Toronto. She is currently a postdoctoral research associate in the English department at Brown University. Her work has been published in Artforum, the Nation, the New York Review of Books, and other publications.

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Farewell Amor: Coming Over

Ekwa Msangi’s intimate feature debut pushes the conventions of the immigrant family drama.

By Tiana Reid

The Video Provocations of Ulysses Jenkins

Over a career that has spanned over five decades, the influential artist has sustained an incisive critique of Black representation in mass media and opened up new possibilities in every medium he has touched.

By Tiana Reid

Mandabi: Paper Trail

Ousmane Sembène’s second feature departs from his early-career critiques of colonial power, instead focusing on the oppressive forces manifested within postcolonial African society.

By Tiana Reid