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Call for papers, Black Camera close-up: Paulin S. Vieyra, a Post-Colonial figure

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Call for papers, Black Camera close-up Paulin S. Vieyra, a Post-Colonial figure Deadline for article proposals: February 29, 2020 Issue editors: Vincent Bouchard (Indiana University) and Amadou Ouédraogo (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)      Paulin S. Vieyra, one of the first African filmmakers, was a key driving figure behind all the early cinematographic activities in West Africa. He was a… Read more »

ESSAY: Finding Mentorship in the Writings of Jessie Maple || Screening Twice as Nice | Tonight 1/30 6:15PM | LI 048 | Maple in person

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Guest post! Essence London, Indiana University Alumna and a past editor-in-chief of the Indiana Review, a non-profit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the talents of emerging and established writers, offers her thoughts on Jessie Maple’s books How to Become a Union Camerawoman—Film, Video-Tape and The Maple Crew, published in 2019. Finding Mentorship in the Writings… Read more »

The Black Film Center/Archive Seeks Associate Director

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The BFC/A (Black Film Center/Archive) is hiring an Associate Director. We enjoy critical collaborations with IU Cinema, the Grunwald Gallery, the African Studies Program among many great IU and community organizations.

African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) Distributes Paulin Vieyra 7-DVD Box Set

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Paulin Vieyra 7-DVD Box Set Available from African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). This set includes Paulin Vieyra classics: Afrique sur Seine, Birago Diop, Môl, L’Envers du Décor – Ousmane Sembène: The Making of Ceddo, A Nation is Born, Lamb and Iba N’Diaye and a catalog of detailed history, timelines, highlights, testimonials and more.

BFC/A’s Archival Assistant Audrey Hood reflects on creating a Paulin Vieyra Pop-up Exhibit for our September 5-6 Workshop

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Guest post by Audrey Hood, BFCA Archival Assistant The BFC/A recently hosted a two-day workshop on Paulin S. Vieyra, the renowned pioneer of post-colonial African film. Paulin’s son and president of PSVFilms, Stéphane Vieyra, spent the week at IU touring repositories, visiting classes, and participating in the workshop. During the preparation for the workshop, my… Read more »

“Let me make up the pictures” | Apparel company tees-en-scène honors Cheryl Dunye with T-Shirt design and print collaboration with BFC/A Director Dr. Terri Francis

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What is now the apparel company tees-en-scène originated as a 2017 Kickstarter campaign by Colin Stacy with the intention of creating and distributing a “Written and Directed by Elaine May” T-Shirt. Stacy got the idea for the project after spontaneously meeting filmmaker Steven Soderbergh at an event in Plano, TX and noticing his shirt –… Read more »

HYENAS (1992) Restoration: Free Screening 11/6 || About the Filmmakers

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On Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7 pm, the BFC/A and the IU African Studies Program are thrilled to present the new restoration of Djibril Diop Mambéty’s HYENAS courtesy of Metrograph Pictures. Hosted by the iu libraries moving image archive: FREE tickets SHORT SYNOPSIS The village of Colobane, devastated by drought and unemployment, sees sudden hope… Read more »

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