Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a rewatch.How eerie that the firey words of gay, African-American writer James Baldwin still ring true today.
Baldwin became one of the most important American writers and activists courtesy of his charged essays, novels and talk show appearances.
Throughout his life, Baldwin examined themes of gender, sexuality, race and social class in his work, calling out hypocrisies for stymying American progress.