Contributions from Richard Watson | Little White Lies

Contributor Richard Watson

A woman in a dark jacket holding a gun, aiming it at the viewer. The image is lit by a warm red light, casting a dramatic shadow on the wall behind her.
Women In Film

Proud Mary and the return of the black female action hero

by Richard Watson

Tara­ji P Henson’s gun-tot­ing assas­sin harks back to an era of Lola Colt, Foxy Brown and Cleopa­tra Jones.