Well, we've made it to the end of the season. Brooke & Britni are joined by writer and fellow TV lover Demetria L. Lucas to break down the Lovecraft Country season 1 finale, our favorite moments of the season, and what we'd like to see from season 2 of the hit HBO show. Read Brooke's interview with Misha Green about the finale, intention, colorism, and growing through critique on Shondaland: https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a34418712/misha-green-lovecraft-country-finale/ Follow us! Demetria L. Lucas: https://www.instagram.com/demetriallucas/ http://blackgirlwatching.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlkGrlWatching Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlwatching/

For the penultimate episode of HBO's Lovecraft Country we head back in time to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. And to help us process the trauma of the episode and provide advice for how Black creatives can process trauma on screen, we welcome psychiatrist and "Married to Medicine: LA" star, Dr. Imani Walker. Follow us! http://blackgirlwatching.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlkGrlWatching Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlwatching/

Black girl rage and stolen girlhood are centerstage in ep. 8 of Lovecraft Country, and the episode's writer Ihuoma Ofordire stops by the show to help us process what white supremacy does to Black girls. 

Hippolyta got something to say. This week, Lovecraft Country journeys across time and space as Hippolyta Freeman gets answers. To help us break it all down, we're joined by the supremely talented (and cool!) Aunjanue Ellis, who chats with us about Lovecraft, Black women's genius, and why she will forever love the Clark Sisters. Read Brooke's article on why we need more films about slavery here: https://zora.medium.com/we-need-slave-movies-just-not-the-ones-we-re-getting-39964a92c693 Follow Black Girl Watching:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlkGrlWatching IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlwatching/ And http://blackgirlwatching.com

Lovecraft Country journeys to 1949 South Korea in episode 6 so Black Girl Watching brings on brilliant poet and essayist Ju-Hyun Park to give historical and cultural context to this wild episode about South Korean mythology, the Korean War and American imperialism.  Read Ju-Hyun's amazing essay "Reading Colonialism in Parasite" here: https://tropicsofmeta.com/2020/02/17/reading-colonialism-in-parasite/  Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hermit_hwarang And tip them if you learned something! $juhyundred

Karens are interrupted in Lovecraft Country episode 5, "A Strange Case." Brooke Obie and Britni Danielle break down the metamorphoses happening with the episode's legendary director, Cheryl Dunye.

Lovecraft Country episode 4, "A History of Violence" director and history-maker Victoria Mahoney stops by Black Girl Watching to fangirl out with Brooke and Britni about this Black Indiana Jones episode and tells us which pivotal scene almost didn't make it into the episode.

In this episode of Black Girl Watching, Brooke Obie and Britni Danielle break down Lovecraft Country ep 3. "Holy Ghost," and how religion and spirituality can both hinder and further Black liberation. Featuring an interview with co-star Tony Goldwyn (Samuel Braithwaite). (RIP Chadwick Boseman)

IS [SPOILER] DEAD?! The iconic actor Courtney B. Vance, AKA Uncle George stops by Black Girl Watching to give us the inside scoop on what's coming next.

Critics writers and editors Brooke Obie and Britni Danielle launch the pilot episode of "Black Girl Watching" with a breakdown of HBO's new series "Lovecraft Country." From racist monsters to actual sci-fi/horror monsters, the show tackles what it feels like to be Black in America in the 1950s--and today.