Tonight – the 6th of September 2012 – and tomorrow, The Killing Floor (1984), directed by Bill Duke,will be showing at the IU Cinema. The synopsis from the IU Cinema website: The Killing Floor explores the conflicting loyalties of African-American stockyards workers in Chicago during the First World War. Starring Damon Leake and… Read more »
Events
New Directions in African Cinema Series: March 8 – 29
This week kicks off a collaboration between the BFC/A and Graduate Students in African Studies at IU. We will be hosting a film series featuring contemporary films by African filmmakers; the series will take place Thursday evenings in March. 3/8 AFRICAN/AMERICAN? Three short films about reconciling African and American identities. Screening followed by a discussion… Read more »
'Hearing Radmila' at IU Cinema
Hearing Radmilla, a documentary film about Radmilla Cody, will be showing at the IU Cinema this Saturday (March 3rd) at 3 p.m. From the IU Cinema release: Growing up in Navajo Nation, Radmilla Cody was tormented by others due to her mixed Native- and African-American heritage. In her early twenties, Cody entered the Miss Navajo… Read more »
Call for Submissions – Indiana Black Expo Film Festival
Submit your film to the Indiana Black Expo‘s 2012 Film Festival. The annual festival will take place this July 14-15 in Indianapolis. They are accepting completed feature-length and short-format fiction and documentary films. There is also a cash prize for the audience award-winning film. The submission deadline is April 2, 2012. Click HERE for the… Read more »
6th Native Film Series at the IU Cinema
The BFC/A is cosponsoring the 6th Native Film Series at the IU Cinema this semester. The series kicked off last week with Andrew Okpeaha MacLean’s first feature On the Ice. As a surprise treat after the film, MacLean answered questions from the audience via videoconference. This Sunday, January 15, Melissa Bisagni of the Smithsonian’s National… Read more »
January 10 – LA PALABRA EN EL BOSQUE – Salvadoran Film @ IU Cinema
IU History Department professor Jeffrey Gould will present the documentary La Palabra en el Bosque (The Word in the Woods) at the IU Cinema on Tuesday, January 10 at 7 pm. Free screening followed by Q&A and reception.
TONIGHT @ the BFC/A: Jordache A. Ellapen's cane/cain
Following its premiere at this year’s Durban International Film Festival and a screening at San Francisco’s 3rd i South Asian Film Festival, Jordache A. Ellapen will present cane/cain at the BFC/A tonight at 7:30. The post-screening discussion will be moderated by LaMonda Horton-Stallings from the Gender Studies department. Join us beforehand at 6:30. Pick up… Read more »
Reception at BFC/A: Nov. 4th 5:30 pm -7:00pm
Please join us to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the BFC/A and the Work of Charles Burnett November 4, 2011 5:30 – 7:00 Phyllis Klotman Appreciation – 6:00pm Wells Library – Media & Reserves Light refreshments will be served No RSVP necessary
THIS WEEKEND AT THE BFC/A: Documentaries on Sara Gómez & Ousmane Sembene
Stop by the Black Film Center/Archive this weekend for two exciting screenings. On Friday, October, 14 at 2:00 pm, we’re wrapping up our Hispanic Heritage Month program with the 2005 documentary on Afro-Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez, Where is Sara Gómez. Watch an extract of it HERE. On Sunday,… Read more »
Home Movie Day – Oct 15 @ IU Cinema
Home Movie Day returns to Indiana University this Saturday October 15, from 3-5 pm at the IU Cinema. Home Movie Day is an international celebration of the power and meaning of home movies and amateur film while also highlighting the importance of everyday filmmaking as a historical resource. Local residents have the opportunity to bring… Read more »