Allyson Nadia Field

Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago; faculty affiliate of CSRPC & CSGS

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Labor of Love

Allyson Nadia Field discusses her new book’s exploration of hidden moments in Black film history and the rejuvenating contexts that expand their meaning.
https://t.co/AfqcGV5LML @LAReviewofBooks

[Robert Daniels @812filmreviews]

ICYMI

[Robert Daniels @812filmreviews]

It was a pleasure speaking with @allyson_nadia about her incisive new book LABOR OF LOVE: BLACK PERFORMANCE AND THE KISS THAT CHANGED FILM—a work I find to be equally revealing and thrilling.

Our conversation via @LAReviewofBooks.

https://t.co/U0TwXoOdci

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"Black intimacy has been hard earned, and privacy has been one of the costs. But a fleeting kiss, captured in the earliest days of American cinema, and later rediscovered in the age of social media, offers another view. Field's Acts of Love tells the story of that kiss, and with it Field brilliantly unearths a history of race and the motion picture industry."
https://t.co/UQJD0O7cgo

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

If Paramount Skydance merges with Warner Bros, one giant media conglomerate would control:

HBO
CNN
CBS News
Showtime
TBS
Comedy Central
TNT
Paramount+
TLC
HGTV
Nickelodeon
CBS Sports
Food Network
Discovery Channel
The CW Network
BET
MTV
VH1
& many more.

It’s a terrible deal.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is official United States government social media account.

Not sure how this country recovers from this. It’s like real life Idiocracy.

[Alice Yin @byaliceyin]

“This is my ward! Get out of my ward with this shit. This is bullshit dude,” a usually mild-mannered Ald Mike Rodriguez yells at Ald Byron Sigcho Lopez as he heckles Gov JB Pritzker for opposing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax. Video by @JeremyGorner

[Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi]

This though.

Has anyone anywhere been fired for supporting or participating in the genocide or only for protesting it?

[Mike Quigley @RepMikeQuigley]

They’re lying.

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear. No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick-or-treating in their own neighborhood.

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

NEW: Chicago teachers say immigration enforcement near schools is scaring kids and disrupting class

“Can you imagine telling a 12-year-old that people are out there who might want to take their family?"

@DaniellaLSilva & me

https://t.co/00rZbKcuZu

[Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi]

If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

John Oliver on Bari Weiss: "She's been given editorial control of a massive news organization, even though she's never run a TV network, has no experience directing television coverage, and as one 60 Minutes producer pointed out, is not even a reporter."

Plays clip of Weiss saying she "was brought in as an... intellectual diversity hire" at the NY Times.

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"Gaza's vegetation, too, is largely dead. UNEP has said that 97 percent of tree crops, 95 percent of shrubs and 82 percent of annual crops are gone."

[UofC Labor Council ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾 Black Lives Matter @UCLaborCouncil]

Today is two years since October 7th.

If you do one thing to reflect today, it should be something that materially supports Palestinians. Please consider donating to Ibrahim’s fund. We are trying to reach 3k by the end of this week. https://t.co/2cjcz1gHkn

[Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune]

Chicago news media groups filed suit against ICE and Homeland Security, claiming excessive force against reporters and protesters of immigration arrests. https://t.co/DCfsHUNMc3

[WBEZ @WBEZ]

At least 300 members of the Illinois National Guard members will be deployed in state for 60 days to protect federal immigration agents and property, according to the Pentagon memo.
https://t.co/5Xddp4F21S

[ABC 7 Chicago @ABC7Chicago]

Pritzker said Sunday night the Illinois National Guard was informed members of the Texas National Guard would soon be deployed to Illinois, in addition to Trump's federalization of the Illinois National Guard.
https://t.co/RrJpVUkBiV

[Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi]

Why did @GovPritzker send out Illinois police to protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters?

[Allyson Nadia Field @allyson_nadia]

🤬😳🤯

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Left-wing extremists surrounded this ICE facility in Chicago. Federal agents crushed the threat immediately.

This is the pep talk from @SecNoem that stopped the threat dead in its tracks. Listen…