http://www.thepermanentwave.org Just another WordPress site Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:30:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thepermanentwave.org/2012/05/22/women-of-color-movies/ http://www.thepermanentwave.org/2012/05/22/women-of-color-movies/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 04:54:03 +0000 pwadmin http://www.thepermanentwave.org/?p=1 It’s easy to get swept up in the complaint wonderland known as the internet, but in a recent listserv discussion Permanent Wave used it for good to discuss our favorite movies starring women of color. The films are diverse in genre, and age and culture of the actresses. In the process of creating this list, [...]]]> It’s easy to get swept up in the complaint wonderland known as the internet, but in a recent listserv discussion Permanent Wave used it for good to discuss our favorite movies starring women of color. The films are diverse in genre, and age and culture of the actresses. In the process of creating this list, members chatted about favorite actresses, directors, and what personal and societal issues may be at play for those having trouble recalling films starring women of color. Each link on the list opens up to the IMDB.com page for the film. Feel free to internet stream these titles, borrow them from the library or a friend, or lend them from the video store if you can find one listed outside of an encyclopedia.—Elona Jones

35 Shots of Rum
A Separation
Aftershock
All About My Mother
Aparijito
Battle of Algiers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beauty Shop
Bend It Like Beckham
Black Is Black Ain’t
Black Girl (1972)
Blossoms of Fire
Born in Flames
Carancho
Carmen Jones
Crooklyn
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dark Habits
Daughters of the Dust
Deserted Station
Double Happiness
Farewell My Concubine
Flashdance
For Colored Girls…
Foxy Brown
Frida
Funny Valentines
GirlFight
Girls Town
House of Flying Daggers
In the Mood for Love
In the Time of the Butterflies
Jackie Brown
Late Spring
Like Water for Chocolate
Linda, Linda, Linda
Maria Full Of Grace
Mi Vida Loca
Millennium Mambo
Miral
Mississippi Masala
Monsoon Wedding
Mother
Mulan
Mystery Train
Pariah
Paris Is Burning
Persepolis
Poetry
Precious
Qarantina
Queen (TV mini-series)
Real Women Have Curves
Reassemblage
Salt of the Earth
Salt of this Sea
Selena
Set It Off
She’s Gotta Have It
Shortbus
Sin Nombre
Surname Viet Given Name Nam
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Help
The House is Black
The Josephine Baker Story
The Joy Luck Club
The Namesake
The Wiz
The Color Purple
Up the Yangtze
Volver
Waiting to Exhale
Whale Rider
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
What Time is it There?
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Women Without Men
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

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