Love Jones (1997) with writer Cortlyn Kelly

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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

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