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 »
New films
“Pumzi” Director Wanuri Kahiu Talks Female Lead Characters & Telling Our Own Stories
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uJ_vL2j8m1Q] Shadow and Act Interview begins at 2:05
Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: Aug 30th on the Documentary Channel
MUSIC IS MY LIFE, POLITICS MY MISTRESS is the intriguing story of Oscar Brown Jr., a poet, playwright, musician, composer, lyricist, author and civil and social activist. Produced and directed by filmmaker donnie l. betts, the film focuses on the life of this extraordinary man of all seasons and is great contributions to history. Described… Read more »
Black Folk Don't – a new webseries
Have you checked out the National Black Programming Consortium’s website recently? They’re currently featuring a new webseries, directed and produced by Angela Tucker, called Black Folk Don’t. Using interviews, Tucker unpacks stereotypes about African Americans in a witty and informative way. There are two episodes up already: Black Folk Don’t Tip and Black Folk Don’t… Read more »
Black August Film Showcase – NYC
Since 1998 the Black August Hip Hop Project has been working to promote human rights through hip hop through a melding of culture and politics. This year marks the second iteration of their film showcase, which will take place next Saturday, August 13 at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Click HERE for the list… Read more »
This Week: Black Harvest Film Festival Opens 8/5/11
The 17th annual Black Harvest Film Festival opens in Chicago on Friday, August 5 and runs through Thursday, September 1. They’ve got an exciting lineup of 16 features and 30 shorts this year and as always, there’s a special emphasis on local Chicago filmmakers. Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky will screen on Friday, August… Read more »
Black Filmmakers at NewFest
NewFest, the LGBT film festival in New York, opens tonight. Several black filmmakers are featured in this year’s lineup. After its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Fest earlier this summer, Sheldon Larry’s debut feature Leave It on the Floor will be screening at the Harlem Stage on Monday, July 25 at 7:30 pm…. Read more »
This Week 7/19 – 7/22: Dominican Film Festival in DC
Our friends at the Smithsonian Latino Center called our attention to the Dominican Film Showcase. The festival will take place at the Organization of American States’ Art Museum of the Americas and features four films from the Dominican Republic. Filmmakers and actors will be in attendance. For free tickets, click HERE. Here’s the related information… Read more »
Indiana Black Expo Film Festival – this weekend
This weekend the Indiana Black Expo Film Festival is coming to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. This year’s festival is part of the 41st Annual Indiana Black Expo. First-time director Sultan Sharrief’s film, Bilal’s Stand, which premiered at Sundance in 2010, is a must-see. It will be showing on Saturday afternoon, and Sharrief is scheduled… Read more »
Zanzibar International Film Festival – Award Winners
The 14th annual Zanzibar International Film Festival wrapped up over the weekend. The festival opened on June 18 with the world premiere of Ugandan-Canadian filmmaker Phad Mutumba’s Making the Band. Click HERE for the full film program lineup. The Golden Dhow for best feature film was awarded to Kenyan Bob Nyanja’s The Rugged Priest. The… Read more »