REEL SISTERS of the DIASPORA SEEKS ORIGINAL WORKS For FILM FESTIVAL Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series is seeking films directed, written or produced by women of color. Reel Sisters is celebrating its 13th year anniversary and the festival has screened more than 350 films since its inception. Film shorts, animation,… Read more »
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African Voices Cultural Circle Conference: June 19, 2010
African Voices Cultural Circle Conference – Finding the Creative Space to Write & Make Art African Voices annual Cultural Circle Conference will offer a special forum for busy parents and professionals to learn from successful authors and artists on how they carved the creative space to write and work as artists. The conference will include… Read more »
States Catch On: Representation Doesn't Equal Glorification
“Among the states that began underwriting film and television production with heavy subsidies over the past half-decade — 44 states had some sort of incentives by last year, 28 of them involving tax credits — at least a handful are giving new scrutiny to a question that was politely overlooked in the early excitement: What… Read more »
Tony Awards
Congratulations to Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor and Actress in a Play. Fences, which Washington and Davis starred in, also won Best Revival of a Play. There were also several winners for the musical Fela!, the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. Bill T…. Read more »
Cache Of Lost Silent Movies To Be Returned To US
“The 75 movies are a real rarity — in part because early film was volatile and degraded quickly. ‘Only about 20 percent of the films produced in America during the silent era — that is the era of motion pictures before 1929 — survive today in the United States in complete form,’ says Annette Melville,… Read more »
Josephine Baker's Château Becomes A Memorial
La Baker “is a gilded banana skirt and a feathery hairpiece, a spit curl and a sculpted brow – not the rumpled woman in a bathrobe, dark glasses, and shower cap in the photo in the kitchen at the Château des Milandes,” which had just been repossessed. The estate’s current owner has made the house… Read more »
Association of Moving Image Archivists: Video Contest
The Association of Moving Image Archivists’ first short film/video competition will highlight the importance of preserving our moving image heritage. Increasingly, our cultures are reflected through moving images – as news, entertainment, and historical artifact. This year, AMIA celebrates its 20th anniversary as an association of people dedicated to preserving those moving images. This competition… Read more »
Film Life's 14th Annual American Black Film Festival — June 23-26, 2010
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will take place in Miami June 23-26 2010. The ABFF is a four day retreat and international film market. Composed primarily of world premiers of narrative features, documentaries and shorts, it is the leading festival in the world for African American and urban content. Click here for more information… Read more »
Explaining the French Passion for Film
“In France, cinema is widely referred to as “the seventh art”, along with architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, music and poetry. “Seventh art” is not a phrase one hears often in Britain, or America for that matter. But, in France, they view cinema as a form of artistic expression, worthy of study and discussion.” The Telegraph… Read more »
Buy Tickets Now for the International Black Film Festival of Nashville
Tickets go on sale this month for the International Black Film Festival of Nashville. The festival will run from September 29 to October 3, 2010. Established in 2006, the International Black Film Festival of Nashville (IBFF) is a collaboration of dedicated professionals who support the need for a “community” effort to bring African-American and other… Read more »