In Part 1, we watch 1996's iconic Black film, SET IT OFF, and give our immediate perspectives on the Black, radical, and feminist politics in the film.
EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro on 1996's SET IT OFF
05:17 Watching SET IT OFF
06:07 Opening Heist Scene and the Politics of Expropriation
08:47 "You ain't ask me if I was thirsty, sistah?"
13:11 Shitty bosses and labor exploitation in SET IT OFF
17:07 Misogynoir in SET IT OFF
21:33 Police brutality and Respectability in SET IT OFF
29:30 The heartthrob in SET IT OFF
30:50 Affinity and revolutionary action in SET IT OFF
39:10 Our thoughts after watching
A Radical Take on 1996's SET IT OFF