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What Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Gets Wrong About ‘The Horse in Motion,’ the So-Called ‘First Motion Picture’

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“Nope” takes many liberties with the history of “the first motion picture,” but Jordan Peele’s latest film illustrates how Black contributions are often marginalized.

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