Charles Mudede

Charles Mudede

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory of this birth, but he does remember noticing himself in the mirror for this first time—it happened on May 3, 1972. Mudede is also a filmmaker: Two of his films, Police Beat and Zoo, premiered at Sundance, and Zoo was screened at Cannes. Mudede directed Thin Skin, and has written for the New York Times, Cinema Scope, Ars Electronica, C Theory, and academic journals. He also wrote the liner notes for Best of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Elektra Years. Mudede has lived in Seattle since 1989.

More by Charles Mudede

Music Feb 4 12:50 PM

The Love of Hiphop

A Brief History of Desire, Lust, and Longing in Rap

Books Jan 24 12:05 PM

Who Is Right About the LA Wildfires: Octavia Butler or the Fonz?

We Can’t Stop the “Heat-Death of the Universe,” but Butler Knew How We Could Slow It Down

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News Jan 6 2:23 PM

Why January 6 Wasn’t the Watergate of Our Time

Turn to Jimmy Carter For a Solution to Trump’s Return

Film/TV Jan 3 11:18 AM

What if Luigi Got Away?

A Netflix Show Dreamed up a Luigi Mangione Nearly Two Years Before He Killed the CEO

Books Dec 27 2:30 PM

Seattle’s Top AI Scientist Programs the Origins of Life

Blaise Agüera y Arcas's New Book What Is Life? Evolution as Computation Picks Up Where Alan Turing Left Off

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Food News Dec 7 12:14 PM

We Went to FOB Sushi the Day It Reopened

And Charles Mudede Was Bored

Film/TV Nov 27 10:50 AM

Steve McQueen’s New Film Blitz Shows Why Democrats Need to Give Up on Patriotism

The Democratic Party is stuck with believing in what the GOP plainly disregards: The United States of America.

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Visual Art Nov 19 10:30 AM

A Broke Manhattan Made Keith Haring a Famous Artist

The Stranger took a trip through the new MoPOP exhibit, and 1980s New York City.

Film/TV Nov 14 12:55 PM

Seattle's Beauty Should Not Only Be For White People

Zia Mohajerjasbi's Know Your Place Is a Film That Everyone in Seattle Needs to See

Film/TV Nov 4 11:22 AM

Former The Onion Writer Takes On La La Land in Micro Budget

Director Morgan Evans Refreshes the Mockumentary Trope

Music Oct 23 3:45 PM

Eating Like Enumclaw

I Listened to the New Band's New Album, Home in Another Life, While Eating at Their Fav Sandwhich Place in Tacoma, Peterson Bros. 1111

Transportation Oct 3 11:50 AM

What I Learned in the First Month of the Lynwood Link Extention

A Person Driving a Car Has a Far Greater Negative Impact on Society than a Person Living on the Streets

Film/TV Sep 25 2:20 PM

Sweetheart Deal Shows What City Council Member Joy Hollingsworth Didn't Learn in Amsterdam

The Crucial Documentary Opens Friday at SIFF Film Center

City Sep 20 2:22 PM

Will a Dramatic Drop in Interest Rates Spark Another Construction Boom in Seattle?

Trump Hates the Rate Cut Like Nobody’s Business