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Welcome to “ What’s Good ,” a column where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world with a “rooting for everybody Black” energy. This edition is all about Is God Is , starring Mallori Johnson and Kara Young , produced by Tessa Thompson and directed by Aleshea Harris (based on her play of the same name) , in theaters now. I also spoke to the cast about the film below.

What’s Good? Rage . Specifically, the kind of rage Black women are so rarely given permission to access publicly without punishment, unfair judgment, or the assumption that their anger isn’t a justified emotion but a designation of their entire race and gender. Typically, when we rage onscreen it’s flattened into a trope, not a feeling.…