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Rosanna Mclaughlin is an editor at The White Review.

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The Pious and the Pommery

Essay

Issue No. 18

Rosanna Mclaughlin

Essay

Issue No. 18

I.   Where is the champagne? On second thoughts this is not entirely the right question. The champagne is in the ice trough, on...

Essay

April 2019

Ariana and the Lesbian Narcissus

Rosanna Mclaughlin

Essay

April 2019

‘Avoid me not!’ ‘Avoid me not!’                                   Narcissus   Let me describe a GIF I’ve been watching. A lot....

The polymorphic work of American artist and filmmaker Garrett Bradley challenges notions of linearity to reveal the circularity in her subject’s lives, and the way the past continues to play out in the present Through collagic sound scores, archival footage, a beautiful, mostly monochromatic visual aesthetic and process of collaboration, Bradley’s films address the erasure of African American history, the effects of the carceral state, and the psychological repercussions of the pandemic Creating close studies of individual lives, Bradley expands upon the bigger socio-political issues facing underrepresented communities today   Her first feature-length film, Below Dreams (2014), charts the lives of three characters trying to navigate the everyday realities of single-parenthood, poverty and loneliness in New Orleans Wanting to centre the experiences and personal exchanges of actual people, Bradley found her cast using Craigslist This set in motion a process of collaboration in her filmmaking, whereby her subjects inform and generate the work In America (2019), she elaborates the existing archive, interweaving her own footage, re-staging scenes of African American innovators from the fields of aviation, sport and music, alongside archival stills from an unreleased film, Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1914), one of the oldest surviving feature films made with an all-Black cast Bradley’s documentaries on the other hand explore the resilience of women in the present Time (2020) is a lyrical portrait of Sibil Fox Richardson, and her decades-long campaign for the release of her husband from prison, while Naomi Osaka (2021) follows the tennis champion and her attempt to seek space beyond the spectacles of sporting competitions, criticism and fame Allowing her subjects to ‘be the camera’, Bradley’s documentaries and collaborative process create intimacy between the viewer and the viewed, and trust between the director and directed   Collaboration also underpins Bradley’s shorts like Alone (2018) and her ongoing trilogy, starting with AKA (2019) and SAFE (2022), both of which were created with or star long-time friends and collaborators Whilst Alone sensitively deals with the impact of the carceral state on one woman and her partner, AKA returns to the particular issue of colourism in intergenerational relationships Her latest film

Contributor

July 2016

Rosanna Mclaughlin

Contributor

July 2016

Rosanna Mclaughlin is an editor at The White Review.

Ten Years at Garage Moscow

Art Review

November 2018

Rosanna Mclaughlin

Art Review

November 2018

When I arrive in Moscow, I am picked up from the airport by Roman, a patriotic taxi driver sent to collect me courtesy of...
Becoming Alice Neel

Art

August 2017

Rosanna Mclaughlin

Art

August 2017

From the first time I saw Alice Neel’s portraits, I wanted to see the world as she did. Neel was the Matisse of the...

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Interview

Issue No. 2

Interview with Michael Hardt

Chris Catanese

Karim Wissa

Interview

Issue No. 2

Michael Hardt is a philosopher and theorist best known for his collaboration with Antonio Negri on a trilogy of...

feature

June 2014

Turning the Game Around

Daniel Galera

TR. Rahul Bery

feature

June 2014

Once upon a time there was – no, better: you are a thief who wanders through the cities and...

poetry

September 2011

The Moon over Timna

Rikudah Potash

TR. Michael Casper

poetry

September 2011

In a copper house Lived the new moon, The new moon Of Timna. In a copper coat With a...

 

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