Author McKenzie Clarke

McKenzie Clarke

McKenzie Clarke is a recent graduate from Spelman College. She has her B.A. in English. Her scholarly interests include black literature, black feminist theory, psychoanalysis, cinema, and postcolonial studies. She will be attending Rutgers University in Fall 2022 to begin her PhD in English.

Dream Girls Under a Different Moon: The Hidden Melancholy of Yash Chopra Films

McKenzie Clarke

May 2022

Chandni kuch kaha/raat ne kuch suna. . Soft blue moonlight enters a room awaft in billowing curtains, the full moon’s face gently pushes aside a sheer covering of clouds, and the camera cuts to a mid-level clos...