I wear my sunglasses to dream: Nope, Black dreaming, and grains of grief

Sobande, Francesca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-4099 2023. I wear my sunglasses to dream: Nope, Black dreaming, and grains of grief. The Arrow 10 (2)

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Abstract

This meditation on Jordan Peele’s Nope considers its cinematic depiction of Black dreaming, (inward) gazing, and grains of grief. Focusing on different visual and storytelling components of Nope, I outline how the film portrays Black interiority and looking relations with care, creativity, and candor. Reflecting on the promises of moviegoing, how Nope moved me, and contemplative inquiry informed by my own experiences, I discuss what Black dreaming and grief can mean and involve beyond a spectacularizing societal gaze and prescriptively assumed rituals of loss. Shaped by poignant writing and works on Black dreaming, epistemologies, grief, cosmos, and constellations, I ruminate on how such dreaming and grief emerges in the everydayness of life and on the screens of cinemas. Overall, engaging Nope’s exploration of the power of looking at and looking away from something or someone, I ponder over the relationship between shade(s) (aka sunglasses), (day)dreaming, and grieving.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
ISSN:	2768-0568
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 October 2023
Date of Acceptance:	20 August 2023
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2023 21:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163282

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