Author: Maki
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Turn the Page Podcast, Philip Kaisary Episode
Released on July 4th, 2024, Philip Kaisary spoke with the team of librarians at Syosset Public Library who host Turn the Page: Official Podcast of the Syosset Public Library! Episode 305b: Philip Kaisary’s From Havana to Hollywood: Slave Resistance in the Cinematic Imaginary is a fascinating exploration of the depiction of slave rebellions on film.…
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SUNY Guest Blog Post
Guest Post by Philip Kaisary Way back in the fall of 2002, I discovered the films of Gillo Pontecorvo and life hasn’t ever been quite the same since. I remember well the visceral impact of seeing for the first time The Battle of Algiers of 1966, which is justly regarded as one of the greatest anticolonial films…