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Washington Black: New Series Softens an Acclaimed Novel’s Edge for Popular Appeal

Washington Black: New Series Softens an Acclaimed Novel’s Edge for Popular Appeal

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 22, 2025Washington Black, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Esi Edugyan, Adaptation, Black experience, Ernest Kingsley Jr., Sterling K Brown, Disney+, Edward Bluemel, Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Eddie Karanja, Tom Ellis, Halifax, Set in CanadaComment

Shoe's on the other foot when rich white people are profiled in Black Cop

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMay 31, 2018Racial profiling, Police shootings of blacks, Halifax, PTSD, Cory Bowles, Trailer Park Boys, Toronto International Film Festival

Original-Cin Q&A: Trailer Park Boys actor talks about his powerful reverse-racial-profile drama Black Cop

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekMay 29, 2018Racial profiling, Police shootings of blacks, Halifax, PTSD, Cory Bowles, Trailer Park Boys, Toronto International Film Festival