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 »
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'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 »
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 »
Spotlight: Black Martial Arts Films
We recently added the 2009 hit blaxploitation parody Black Dynamite to our collection. One of the trailers on the DVD was for another movie starring Michael Jai White, Blood and Bone. If you live in the New York area, you can check out Blood and Bone at the Museum of the Moving Image this Sunday,… Read more »
Black Camera Spring 2011: Beyond Normative: Sexuality and Eroticism in Black Film, Cinema, and Video
The Spring 2011 edition of Black Camera has arrived and is an especially important version which the Black Film Center/Archive hopes can reach film scholars as well as professors seeking to incorporate these readings into their curriculum. This issue featured Guest Editor Dr. LaMonda Horton Stallings, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and African American and… Read more »
African American Dance Company Spring Concert: April 9th
Exemplifying keen vigorous expression, eloquence and class– the African American Dance Company captures and conveys the spirit of dance styles of the African Diaspora. The company’s repertoire includes original choreography in a fusion of modern, jazz, African, and Latin American dance styles. When: Saturday April 9th, 2011, 8:00-10:00PM Where: Buskirk Chumley Theater Cost: General admission… Read more »
An Evening with Cauleen Smith: March 23 at 7pm
The Spook Who Sat by the Door: March 22nd, 4:00 pm at IU Cinema
BFC/A Friday Screenings Celebrate Women's History Month!
Please join the Black Film Center/Archive in celebrating Women’s History Month. *FRIDAY AFTERNOONS @ THE BFC/A* *Sisters In Cinema* (2003, 62 min, dir: Yvonne Welbon) Friday, March 11, 2011 – 2:00 pm Yvonne Welbon’s groundbreaking documentary creates a strong visual history of the contributions of African-American women to the film industry. Sisters in Cinema traces… Read more »
Save the Date: 1st Black Family Reunion
Save the Date Saturday, April 2, 2011 The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and the Black Graduate Student Association are proud to announce the 1st Black Family Reunion. The event will be held in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Activities will include: Genealogy information… Read more »