Swara Salih

1 week ago | thenerdsofcolor.org | Swara Salih

Nadia Osman joins us once again to review Ramy Youssef and Pam Brady’s new raunchy animated series on Amazon Prime. The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, and more all-American animated adult tv comedies have graced our screens for decades, mercilessly interrogating the all-American life and if it’s all it’s cracked up to be.

4 weeks ago | butwhytho.net | Swara Salih

Written and directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by his studio Proximity Media, Sinners (2025) takes place in the Jim Crow-era in 1932. With hellish horrors, Coogler weaves a magnificently intricate horror story of magical realism, reflections on Black history and culture, and perseverance against white supremacist oppression. The film follows twins Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) coming home to Clarksdale, Mississippi, from Chicago, where they’ve made it big.

1 month ago | thenerdsofcolor.org | Swara Salih

We review the 1984 film, Leila and the Wolves, which chronicles the revolutionary role of women in the Levant. In Heiny Srour’s 1984 film Leila and the Wolves, Leila and her husband live in London, and are making an exhibit on popular movements in Lebanon and Palestine. However, her husband has conveniently forgotten to include women in these movements.

1 month ago | thenerdsofcolor.org | Swara Salih

We speak with the Doctor himself, Ncuti Gatwa, and new companion Varada Sethu on their breaking new ground in representation in the latest season of Doctor Who, and the new type of dynamic for the Doctor from their characters. Ncuti Gatwa has already made history as the first mainline Black Doctor with his casting, and now Varada Sethu and he make history as the first Doctor-Companion pairing of color.

2 months ago | butwhytho.net | Swara Salih

The US animation industry is in tumultuous straits. With major studios like Disney prematurely shelving series, attempting to ram AI into the creative process and oust animators, and putting animators through the wringer in terrible conditions, craven capitalism threatens the livelihoods and well-being of animators everywhere who work diligently for the love of their craft.