‘You Is Kind, You Is Smart, You Is Important’: Problematic Portrayals of Black Characters
In the wake of #OscarsSoWhite—a controversy sparked in 2016 when, for the second year in…
Fences
Four Oscar Nods for Fences, Starring and Directed by Denzel Washington
Fordham alumnus Denzel Washington, FCLC ’77, has received an Academy Award nomination for his starring…
Stephen McKinley Henderson on Denzel-Directed “Fences”
This semester Stephen McKinley Henderson has been teaching as the Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in…