Welcome to our online panel & discussion, Circuits of Pleasure: New Visions of Black Cinema. The links below will direct you to Gerald Butters’ online presentation, Vivian Halloran’s webinar, and Cara Caddoo’s video essay (along with her collaborations with filmmakers Ougie Pak and Kevin Willmott). We will talk about our presentations and answer your questions… Read more »
Events
Final week of “Still: Adele Stephenson and the Art of Film,” featuring art from Black Camera and the Black Film Center/ Archive, through Oct. 17
“Through exploring the visual materiality of the world that surrounds us I try to make the insignificant significant and reveal the hidden tensions between the material and the imagined.” –Adele Stephenson A striking film poster often frames or shapes our experience of a movie well before we enter the theater. When we recall movies that… Read more »
Roger Ross Williams' GOD LOVES UGANDA at IU Cinema
“I thought about following the activists – brave and admirable men and women…But I was more curious about the people who, in effect, wanted to kill me.” – Roger Ross Williams, Director/Producer, GOD LOVES UGANDA On Sunday, September 7th, at 3:00 PM, the Indiana University Cinema will present a free screening of GOD LOVES UGANDA,… Read more »
Last Week of Fundraising for #DirectedbyWomen Global Celebration
Barbara Ann O’Leary’s #DirectedbyWomen Seed & Spark crowdfunding campaign just passed the halfway mark towards its $20k seed fund goal, with one week left to go. O’Leary envisions a 15-day global film party to celebrate the diversity of female film-making. Most conversations about women filmmakers focus on the lack of women at the helm of… Read more »
Summer 2014 Black Film Festivals
Summer-time is upon us and many of you are more than likely seeking ways to make your summer productive, yet fun and adventurous. If this is the case, there are several Black film festivals that will be taking place during the summer and running into the fall season! We highlight a few of these below. … Read more »
New Orleans Connections: VANISHING PEARLS Director Nailah Jefferson interviewed by Eileen Julien
Nailah Jefferson’s powerful documentary Vanishing Pearls examines the effects of the oil and gas industry on a small African American oyster fishing community in Louisiana’s gulf coast. After a world premiere at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, and theatrical openings in New York and Los Angeles, Vanishing Pearls will screen at the Indiana University Cinema… Read more »
Tanya Valette presents DR shorts at IU Cinema
Earlier this semester the BFC/A presented “Roots/Routes: Contemporary Caribbean Cinema” at the IU Cinema. This weekend Bloomington audiences will have another opportunity to appreciate the dynamism of filmmaking in the region with Saturday’s Dominican short film program during the Latino Film Festival and Conference. Tanya Valette, currently the artistic director and head of programming at… Read more »
Visiting Filmmaker Tunde Kelani Presents MAAMi Tonight!
At 7pm this evening at the IU Cinema, Director Tunde Kelani will present his 2011 feature film MAAMi. The screening is free and the film will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker. During his visit to Indiana University, Kelani will also participate the workshop program, “Digital Paradox: Piracy, Ownership, and the Constraints… Read more »
2013 Summer Film Festivals
Film festivals around the country are in full swing welcoming anyone who wants to enjoy friends, the beautiful summer weather, and a great film, sometimes…for free! The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF) recently kicked off its 39th season at the Newark Museum on June 19th and the six-week festival will run until July 31st. Screenings… Read more »
Fall Preview: BFC/A and IU Cinema Showcase Ava DuVernay + AFFRM
This September, the BFC/A will kick off our fall 2013 program with a seven-film series at the IU Cinema and other venues, featuring the work of Ava DuVernay and her pioneering theatrical distribution partnership AFFRM (African American Film Festival Releasing Movement). Named as one of Indiewire’s inaugural group of 40 Influencers, DuVernay is scheduled to… Read more »