The Black Film Center/Archive recently received the annual circulation report for its academic journal Black Camera. Since July 2009, over 1,700 individuals and institutions have subscribed to the journal. We are so happy to know that the content of this journal, which includes interviews with important directors and artists and essays by prominent scholars, is… Read more »
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America's Black Dance Companies Struggle Through The Recession
Fifty years ago, African-American dancers were very lucky indeed if they could find any professional company that would hire them. Since then, a wealth of black dance troupes – from the Alvin Ailey company to Philadanco to Urban Bush Women – has arisen and thrived. Yet the Great Recession has decimated funders’ endowments and made… Read more »
Indiana Black Expo Black Film Festival, July 11, 2010
The 40th Annual Indiana Black Expo will feature its Black Film Festival on July 11, 2010 from 2:30 pm-6:oo pm. Two films will be featured: Ten9Eight and Soundtrack for a Revolution. The festival will take place at the Indianapolis Museum of Art‘s Toby Theater. Admission costs $5.
Newark Black Film Festival: June 30 – August 4, 2010
The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF), celebrating its 36th Anniversary as one of the nation’s defining voices on behalf of independent film, opens in Newark with adult screenings beginning on Wednesday, June 30, with a six-week run ending on August 4. Youth Cinema will be held on Mondays at the Newark Public Library starting on… Read more »
Museum For African Art Takes Up Residence On Manhattan's Museum Mile
“On Fifth Avenue between 109th and 110th Streets, the museum will occupy the lower floors of a 19-story condominium designed by Robert A. M. Stern and will extend New York’s Museum Mile uptown into Harlem. The limestone-colored building, with window mullions that lyrically evoke the weave of African baskets, will become a high-profile showplace for… Read more »
Despite Outcry, LACMA Film Program Remains Imperiled
“The protests that saved the program included director Martin Scorsese’s open letter … asserting the importance of movie screenings in a museum context. But despite the high-profile backdrop to their fundraising efforts, LACMA officials say that financial support — presumably from film industry figures who’d be the logical donors to an L.A. film endowment —… Read more »
Ghana's Animationafrica Program 2010
Between July the 26th and August 22nd, Animafrik will be hosting and running a series of workshops, screenings and animation conferences in Accra, Ghana. While the website does not provide any detailed program, you can contact the organiser, Mr Samuel Quartey, for any further questions. ANIMATION AFRICA NO.5 2ND ANOWA LINK, TESANO, ACCRA P.O. BOX… Read more »
Weekend Entertainment: Congolese Symphony Orchestra
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Via Soap Opera, Getting Information To Displaced Haitians
“First, Haitians received food and shelter; now the moving image has joined the humanitarian response. All over this rattled capital city, Port-au-Prince, outdoor screens are popping up, as a handful of organizations race to produce programming that entertains and informs the hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in camps without televisions or radios.” The… Read more »
Indianapolis Museum of Art: 100 Acres to Roam, No Restrictions
The Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, opening next weekend, “is one of the largest in the United States and rare in its focus on temporary, site-specific commission. ‘We’re resisting this tendency in the last few decades to collect giant sculptures and then try to keep them forever outside,’ [the park’s curator] said. ‘These things have… Read more »