This ARRAY screening will take place in the IU Libraries Screening Room, Wells 048 at 7PM. Director, Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule is scheduled to be present for a post screening discussion. You don’t want to miss this exciting and exclusive event! FREE TIX HERE: https://libraries.indiana.edu/burial-kojo The Burial of Kojo is an official selection of the 2019 Pan… Read more »
New films
BlacKkKlansman Thoughts
Guest Post by Avery Hayden Pierce, IU ’18. BlackKkKlansman screens Nov 2 at 8PM and Nov 4 at 2PM Indiana Memorial Union, 900 E. 7th St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405 I’ve considered Spike Lee to be retired for many years now. Oldboy (2013) began the descent and Chi-Raq (2015) marked the end of his creative ability. Even though I found… 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 »
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 »
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 »
SEMBENE! directors Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman visit Indiana University, Oct. 19-20
With a filmography spanning over forty years, Senegal’s Ousmane Sembène (1923-2007) earned international renown as a revolutionary artist and as the “Father of African Cinema” for his indigenized filmmaking practice. Sembène eschewed Western languages and narrative style for a new cinematic aesthetic drawing from African storytelling traditions, performed in African languages (Wolof, Diola, Bambara), and… Read more »
Celine Sciamma's GIRLHOOD at the IU Cinema this week, May 28-30
Girlhood is a mesmerizing exercise in the enlightenment that can happen when a filmmaker shifts the male cinematic gaze ever so slightly and uncovers what looks like a whole new world.”–Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post Director Celine Sciamma calls Girlhood (original title: Bande de Filles) the conclusion of her unplanned coming-of-age trilogy, following her 2006… 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 »
BFC/A staffer Joyce Bevins wins film award
The Black Film Center/Archive congratulates Joyce “Eli” and Jean “Lu” Bevins on receiving the Elfenworks Social Justice Award from the Campus MovieFest Hollywood (CMF) for their short film, Systematic Living. Eli, a second-year Masters student in the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, recently joined the BFC/A staff as a summer archive assistant. Campus… 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 »