Movies matter - that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collect
ion of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforg
ettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, w
ith the most profound social issues of race, sex and class. Here bell hooks - on
e of America's most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics - talks back to fi
lms that have moved and provoked her, from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction to t
he work of Spike Lee.
