Love Jones (1997) with writer Cortlyn Kelly

Jeremy and Paco welcome back writer Cortlyn Kelly to discuss the 1997 romance drama Love Jones, directed by Theodore Witcher. Cortlyn previously joined us to discuss the City & State shorts during the Chicago International Film Festival. Check out Cortlyn's Substack ⁠The Art Idiot⁠, as well as her podcast ⁠Kaveh and CK's Screening Room⁠. Art by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to [email protected]'re recommending stuff at the end of the podcast now! Paco's recommendation:Camp de Thiaroye (1988) dir. Ousmane SembèneJeremy's recommendations:The Secret Agent (2025) dir. Kleber Mendonça FilhoMouchette (1967) dir. Robert BressonSources and further reading:love jones: Sweet Home Chicago| Danielle Amir Jackson, Criterion CurrentCreative Expression: Theodore Witcher on the Legacy of Love Jones | Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com With ‘Love Jones,’ black love took center stage: An oral history | Tre’vell Anderson, LA TimesFrom the Archives: ‘Love Jones’ director Theodore Witcher hopes his departure film of the black experience opens Hollywood’s eyes | Cheo Hodari Coker, LA TImesFrom Love to Melancholy: The Evolution of the Black Bohemian Identity in Black Indie Love Films From Gen-X to Gen-Y | Reniqua Allen, Journal of Black StudiesFrom Gangsta Scripts to Poetry's Romance | Jamie Diamond, New York TimesSteppin' out of Whiteness | Black Hawk Hancock, EthnographyGroup rejects cop spying | Strausberg, C, Chicago DefenderDissolution of "Red Squad" Consent Decree does not negate need to protect First Amendment Rights in Chicago | ACLU IllinoisHow Chicago Red Squad Sabotaged 60's Dissidents; Details of Activities Emerge Abolition of Red Squad 'Very Little Basis in Fact' Injunction Against Police | Nathaniel Sheppard Jr., New York Times