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OBSCURAE delivers unfiltered pop culture takes, film reviews, and essays — straight from UMNIA and her friends, from beyond the algorithm.

Contributors

Umnia El-Neil

Umnia El-Neil

Umnia El-Neil is a British-Sudanese culture opinion writer and Shonda Rhimes TGIT Graduate.

Anika Williams-Hewitt

Anika Williams-Hewitt

Anika is a writer, reviewer, and lover of all things pop culture from cheesy reality tv to unsettling horror films. She writes from a lens that recognizes the inextricable link between storytelling and social justice.

Nor García Grau

Nor García Grau

Nor García is a bilingual filmmaker, screenwriter, critic and performer from Spain based in London, UK.

Michel Abdulaziz

Michel Abdulaziz

Michel Abdulaziz is a reviewer and aspiring film journalist with interest in the intersection between film and culture and all the politics therein. You can find him on his Substack, @musingsonsilver.

Celeste Kassautzki Sp.

Celeste Kassautzki Sp.

Celeste is a trilingual filmmaker, screenwriter and multi-creative contributing to OBSCURAE.

Frankie Maranger

Frankie Maranger

Frankie Maranger (they/she) is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator and Ph.D. Candidate in Toronto. When they’re not on-set or writing about queer film theory, they’re probably catching the latest horror flick at the cinema or hiking with their dog Juno.

Lucie Neale

Lucie Neale

Lucie is an actor, singer, director and writer from London.

Ali Westwood

Ali Westwood

they/them