Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.
You can stream White Men Are Cracking Up on BFI Player Amazon Channel.
White Men Are Cracking Up was directed by Ngozi Onwurah.
White Men Are Cracking Up runs for 20min, and was released in 1996.
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