Former BFC/A Student Assistant Elijah Pouges is now a writer, rapper and music producer based in Brooklyn, New York. He is often thinking about simulacrum and the interactions between sonics and image. You can find his music at brzraps.com. In this essay Pouges examines the many worlds contained extra-textually Michael Schultz’s films. The films discussed in this post are… Read more »
Events
What was FOCUS: Black America, 1968?
This Wednesday October 24 at 6PM in the IULMIA Screening Room (Wells 048): the Black Film Center/Archive, the University Archives, the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center Library and IU Libraries Moving Image Archive will stage (RE)FOCUS: Black America 1968/2018. This interactive experience includes a screening of HERITAGE OF THE NEGRO 30 min. (1965), narrated by Ossie Davis… Read more »
Go-Rilla Means War and Black People in Bloomington
Guest Post by Essence London, Indiana Review Editor-in-Chief. September 20, 2018 the BFC/A held a Mystery Screening in partnership with #DirectedbyWomen and IU Libraries Moving Image Archive. The content of the screening was not announced beforehand. In the essay below guest contributor Essence London reflects on the event and her complex relationship to the histories… Read more »
(Re)Focus: Black America 1968 and 2018
The BFC/A explores race, film, and campus life in collaboration with Indiana University Archives, IU Libraries Moving Image Archive, and Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library. Our event on Oct. 24 starts at 6 pm with conversation and artifacts from IU’s 1968 Focus: Black America program then moving on to screen two films on race and… Read more »
Moving Pictures by Amir George
During filmmaker/curator Amir George‘s research residency at the Black Film Center/Archive next week, he will present a short film program at The Media School, Meditation on An Archive. The midday program takes place at the Franklin Hall screening room (304) on April 4, 11:30am-12:45pm. MEDITATION ON AN ARCHIVE One image influences another. Meditation on… Read more »
Free Screening: THE HOUSE ON COCO ROAD, 6/22, 7pm
On Thursday, June 22, the Black Film Center/Archive presents a free screening of The House on Coco Road. The screening will be held at 7pm at the IU Libraries Screening Room in Wells Library. Reservations are required and can be made online at http://iub.libcal.com/event/3363205. Directed by Damani Baker, The House on Coco Road is a compelling… Read more »
An Interview with African Film Festival Founder Mahen Bonetti
In the early 90’s, Mahen Bonetti, the Sierra Leone-born founder and executive director of the New York-based African Film Festival Inc., created both the African Film Festival and its traveling series counterpart. For the last two decades, the Festival has enjoyed immense success and garnered respect from the world of film festivals and and their… Read more »
Black Film Center/Archive Fall 2016 Preview
Black Film Center/Archive’s Fall Preview, 2016 The Black Film Center/Archive is pleased to announce its Fall semester programming for the 2016-2017 academic year. Below you will find information about both upcoming film screenings as well as artist and scholar visits. We’d like to thank the IU Cinema, The Media School, and our many other campus… Read more »
Reflections Unheard: BFC/A Interview with Nevline Nnaji
On Friday, April 8, at 3pm, the Black Film Center/Archive, IU Libraries Media Services, and Directed by Women will present a free screening of Nevline Nnaji’s 2013 documentary, Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights. The screening will take place in the Phyllis Klotman Room (044B) at the Black Film Center/Archive in Wells Library, on… Read more »
THE BLACK G.I. and NO VIETNAMESE EVER CALLED ME NIGGER conclude IU Cinema series “40 Years On: Screening the Vietnam War”
This post was prepared as an introduction to the December 3, 2015, screening of Black Journal: The Black G.I. and No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger, which concludes the series “40 Years On: Screening the Vietnam War.” The screening takes place at 7PM at the IU Cinema and will be followed by a discussion with… Read more »