Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class at the Movies

Movies matter ?

€“ that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks?

€™ classic collection of essays on film.

They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues of race, sex and class.

Here bell hooks ?

€“ one of America?

€™s most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics ?

€“ talks back to films that have moved and provoked her, from Quentin Tarantino?

€™s Pulp Fiction to the work of Spike Lee.

Including also her conversations with master filmmakers such as Charles Burnett and Julie Dash, Reel to Real is a must read for anyone who believes that movies are worth arguing about.