Rafael Casal

writer, director, executive producer of “Blindspotting”

Actor

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Rafael Casal’s film-turned-TV series “Blindspotting” is set in Oakland, and uses humor, music, and dance to show what life is like when a loved one is incarcerated.

‘Blindspotting’ tackles incarceration, race through magical realism

Rafael Casal’s film-turned-TV series “Blindspotting” is set in Oakland, and uses humor, music, and dance to show what life is like when a loved one is incarcerated.

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Over the weekend, a white man stabbed a young black woman to death after exiting a BART train. It’s the third violent killing on BART in the last week.

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Who can use the N-word? How many writers and artists have a film like Moonlight waiting to be made? What was ScarJo thinking?

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