![Black people in 1960s dress dancing. I woman smiles joyfully.](https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/files/2021/12/Flood-4.png)
In one of her essays, film historian Jane Gaines opens with a contemplation about absence in the historical archive. She’s writing about racialized spectatorship. Documents may be lost or never have existed, and the cultural experiences of both Black and White audiences attending race films in some ways defy documentation in their ephemerality. How can… Read more »