Doreen St. Félix is a writer at MTV News.

“It feels like there are images of black utopias that are arising. And you can’t—even if you’re not as superstitious as me—you can’t possibly think that that doesn’t have to do with the decline, the final, to me, last gasp of white supremacy. It really does feel like we’re approaching that, [but] that approach might be a thousand years.”

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[7:45] "'Empire’ Season 2, Episode 8: Hakeem, No Lyon" (New York Times • Nov 2015)

[10:30] "Jennifer Lawrence: 'Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?'" (Jennifer Lawrence • Lenny • Oct 2015)

[11:30] "Out of Print: The Fultz Quadruplets" (Lenny • Feb 2016)

[16:15] "The Prosperity Gospel of Rihanna" (Pitchfork • Apr 2015)

[18:30] "On Carefree Black Boys" (MTV News • Sep 2016)

[22:00] "In Solange’s Room" (MTV News • Oct 2016)

[23:30] "The Ecstasy of Frank Ocean" (MTV News • Aug 2016)

[24:30] "A Love Profane" (MTV News • Apr 2016)

[26:00] The Birth of a Nation

[30:00] Atlanta

[30:00] Moonlight

[31:00] Queen Sugar

[35:30] "An Honest Conversation with Solange Knowles" (Anupa Mistry • Fader • Sep 2016)

[36:00] "Filmmaker Letter: Moonlight" (Barry Jenkins • Landmark Theatres • Oct 2016)

[40:30] "The Gospel According to Kirk Franklin" (MTV News • Oct 2016)

[40:45] "Ratology" (New Yorker • Nov 2015)

[48:00] "The only thing ‘uncivilised’ about Ray Kelly’s talk at Brown was inviting him" (Guardian • Oct 2013)

[54:00] "North West and Blue Ivy Carter Have Never ‘Played Together,’ Says Kanye West" (Josh Duboff • Vanity Fair • Oct 2016)

[1:00:00] Speed Dial

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