Director’s Open House featuring Demetrius Witherspoon January 23rd, 2024 Happy New Year to you and your families! We’re excited about what this new year will bring and look forward to seeing you! Our first big event of the year will be our Director’s Open House Tuesday, January 23rd at 11:30am in the Phyllis Klotman Classroom, Wells Library 044B…. Read more »
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Unpacking the Treasures of the BFC/A’s New Paulin S. Vieyra Collection
If you’re not familiar with Beninese/Senegalese director Paulin Vieyra (1925-1987), you are missing out on one of the key figures in African and world film history. One of the fathers of African cinema, Vieyra’s life and prolific work as a filmmaker, historian, and essayist track closely with the development of African filmmaking in the period… Read more »
African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) Distributes Paulin Vieyra 7-DVD Box Set
Paulin Vieyra 7-DVD Box Set Available from African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). This set includes Paulin Vieyra classics: Afrique sur Seine, Birago Diop, Môl, L’Envers du Décor – Ousmane Sembène: The Making of Ceddo, A Nation is Born, Lamb and Iba N’Diaye and a catalog of detailed history, timelines, highlights, testimonials and more.
Paulin Vieyra: Pioneer of African Cinemas – Filmmaker, Producer, Historian
Who is Paulin Vieyra? Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was a pioneer of African cinemas during the decolonization era of the 1960s. Born in Benin, he is best known as a Senegalese producer, filmmaker, and historian as well as Ousmane Sembène’s production manager. See an overview of Vieyra’s career with film clips in the above video. Courtesy… Read more »
Black Camera’s Spring 2019 Issue: Close-Up on The New York Scene and Close-Up on Selma
Here’s a peek at the contents of the spring 2019 Black Camera edited by Dr. Michael Martin and published by Indiana University Press. Full access available via Jstor. Black Camera was recently ranked 4th most-cited film studies journal.
Which African Films Have Been Nominated for Oscars?
Let’s take a moment to look back. Within the ninety-one year legacy of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which African films has it honored? An Oscar nomination is not the end-all in determining a film’s value; still, the on-going narrative of this award ceremony often reflects trends and changes in film culture,… Read more »
The 2019 Academy Invitees
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended membership to 842 artists and professionals in the film industry. Find the entire list below, with the members from Africa and the African diaspora in bold.
Who are the current Black Academy members?
June 2018, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended 928 invitations to artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. There appear to be eighty-nine Black members–seventeen of whom identify as African, Afro-Caribbean, or Afro-European. The entire list is below with the Black members’ names in bold…. Read more »
BLACK CAMERA Vol. 8, No. 2 Now Available
The latest issue of Black Camera: An International Film Journal is now available in print and online from the Indiana University Press. The current issue features two Close-Up sections: The first, #BlackLivesMatter and Media, is edited by Charles “Chip” P. Linscott and features essays by Linscott, Michele Prettyman Beverly, and Alessandra Raengo; the second, Hip-Hop… Read more »
Reflections Unheard: BFC/A Interview with Nevline Nnaji
On Friday, April 8, at 3pm, the Black Film Center/Archive, IU Libraries Media Services, and Directed by Women will present a free screening of Nevline Nnaji’s 2013 documentary, Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights. The screening will take place in the Phyllis Klotman Room (044B) at the Black Film Center/Archive in Wells Library, on… Read more »