Network and share a meal with local and national filmmaking pros as they discuss the “business” of show business. Join NAACP Image Award nominee Ava DuVernay, “I Will Follow” , Sundance Award Winner Alrick Brown, “Kinyarwanda” and Alyce Emory, veteran film festival organizer and consultant as they share their work and insider commentary on Black… Read more »
Events
Charles Burnett: The Power to Endure April 6–25, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art will feature the films of Charles Burnett throughout the month of April. Burnett has long borne the dubious distinction of being, as critic Armond White observed, “the least well-known great American filmmaker.” In Charles Burnett: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi, 2011), Burnett cites the phrase “the power to endure” as… Read more »
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: GMC Television Network & ABFF Faith & Family Screenplay Competition
Freedom Riders: 50th Anniversary
Modeled after an earlier experiment with nonviolent direct action, the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, the Freedom Rides were planned by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and its national director, James Farmer. The goal was to test the implementation of the Supreme Court’s decision in Boynton v. Virginia, which outlawed segregation in public transportation facilities,… Read more »
2011 Erskine Peters Fellowship Symposium: The Power of Image, March 24th
NYU: The African Diaspora And/In the World; March 26-April 25
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door: March 22nd, 4:00 pm at IU Cinema
Evening on Senegalese Film: April 13th, Washington, D.C.
Soirée autour du cinema sénégalais Evening on Senegalese Film La Maison Française Wednesday April 13 at 6:30 pm La Maison Francaise, French Embassy, 4101 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC Free event, but reservation required; make reservations at: http://www.francophoniedc.org IDs will be checked at the door. Parking available at the Embassy. Dr. Françoise Pfaff,… Read more »
Happy International Women's Day!!
Today is the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day! Take a look at 150 women who are working to improve lives and inspire the next generation’s women. (Click on the photograph below)
Afrika Filmfestival: March 24-April 05, 2011
The Afrika Filmfestival in Leuven is the most important annual showcase for African films in the Benelux. The festival tries to promote African cinema supporting distribution and national release of features, (co-)organizing conferences, publishing books on African cinema and consulting other festivals and institutions. And… obviously screening African films… The main aims of its politics… Read more »