REFERENCES
References include LOVE JONES for its portrayal of a young Black creative couple trying to balance their own ambitions with their relationship; BROWN SUGAR, for its portrayal of the complexities of ambitious friends to lovers, set in the world of music; LOSING GROUND, for its depiction of a couple navigating the shifting landscape of their relationship amongst their own changing desires; IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, for its show of a yearning and desire which can’t be ignored; and MATERIALISTS/PAST LIVES, for love stories in the contemporary city.
Other references include the photography of ROY DECARAVA, who made portraits of jazz musicians in action in Harlem through the 1950s, and the paintings of KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, whose portraits of Black people in their everyday settings speaks directly to MOSES and NICOLE’S growing intimacy and the possibilities which open in their lives when they meet each other.