Meanwhile, On TumblR: Casual Racism In LGBTQ Communities, Banning Beloved, And The Door

One woman consistently praised for her striving to bring nuanced counternarratives about Black people surviving and thriving in this deeply racialized society is director/writer Ava DuVernay. She released this short film a few days ago, titled The Door, for the clothing designer Miu Miu’s “Women’s Tales” series. This piece of cinematic perfection disguised as a commercial–DuVernay discusses in this behind-the-scenes clip her designing for and commissioning the costumes from Miu Miu–co-stars Gabrielle Union as a woman going through the blues over a broken engagement and Pariah‘s Adepero Oduye, Middle of Nowhere‘s Emayatzy Corinealdi, Something New‘s Alfre Woodard, and singer Goapele as her sistahgurls who help Union through it. I’m so in love with the storyline, the acting, and the aesthetics–yes, from the clothes, but moreso the film’s color palettes, the luminous lighting of the actors’ skin tones, the shots, and the music…to the point I spend the other night searching and adding the music to my playlists!

See what and who else we’re gushing over at the R’s Tumblr!

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