Author Spotlight

Tiana Reid

Tiana Reid is a writer and academic from Toronto. She is an assistant professor in the Department of English at York University. Her work has recently been published in Aperture, Artforum, the New York Times, and other publications.

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Curator Jonathan Ali on the Cutting Edge of Caribbean Cinema

The programmer of Third Horizon, a series now playing on the Criterion Channel, discusses the challenges of cinematic representation and the need to think beyond its limits.

By Tiana Reid

Farewell Amor: Coming Over

Ekwa Msangi’s intimate feature debut pushes the conventions of the immigrant family drama.

By Tiana Reid

The Video Provocations of Ulysses Jenkins

Over a career that has spanned over five decades, the influential artist has sustained an incisive critique of Black representation in mass media and opened up new possibilities in every medium he has touched.

By Tiana Reid

Mandabi: Paper Trail

Ousmane Sembène’s second feature departs from his early-career critiques of colonial power, instead focusing on the oppressive forces manifested within postcolonial African society.

By Tiana Reid