Cinema can certainly use a few more professional black film critics – especially those who are well-respected, and are nationally (and even globally) read. There aren’t exactly a lot of them (emphasis on the words "respected" and "professional," as in, this is what they do for a living, and you’d find them in the same club as legends like Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris).
Other than names of veterans like Armond White and Elvis Mitchell, who else can you name? I’d throw in Wesley Morris (the youngest of the bunch), Lisa Kennedy and Omar Moore. There are others, many up-and-comers whose work I’m sure will be featured far more prominently than they are…
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