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Brandon Harris

Brandon Harris is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film at SUNY Purchase, contributing editor of Filmmaker Magazine, and author of the memoir Making Rent in Bed-Stuy.

He has written about film, politics, and their inevitable intersections for The New Yorker, The New Inquiry, VICE, The Daily Beast, and n+1.

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June 20, 2017

Brandon Harris

Searching for Justice for Samuel DuBose

Two years after his death at the hands of police officer Raymond Tensing, a jury stands poised to deliver a historic verdict.

February 7, 2017

Brandon Harris

Oklahoma City Exposes the Origins of Today’s White Nationalism

Barak Goodman's documentary about an act of American terrorism is sadly resonant.

December 27, 2016

Brandon Harris

2016 Was the Year Black Cinema Pivoted

Black indie directors were tapped for studio blockbusters, and some of the most interesting films about black characters were made on the margins.

September 21, 2016

Brandon Harris

The Life and Loves of a Young Obama

Two new films cover a pivotal decade in the president’s life, but only one is a complex portrait of his uneasy path through the Ivy League in the 1980s.

April 12, 2016

Brandon Harris

America’s Eviction Epidemic

The tenants and landlords in Matthew Desmond's new book are caught in a vicious cycle.

November 11, 2015

Brandon Harris

'In Jackson Heights' and the Brooklynization of America

Frederick Wiseman's forty-third documentary takes on the most diverse neighborhood in the world

June 8, 2015

Brandon Harris

Black America's Forgotten Film History

A new MoMA exhibit puts black films front and center

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