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 »
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In Remembrance of Ruby Dee
Legendary stage and screen actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist Ruby Dee, originally Ruby Ann Wallace, passed away on June 11th in New Rochelle, NY, at the age of 91, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Her notable screen appearances included: The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) directed by Alfred E. Green; A Raisin in… 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 »
Tanya Valette presents DR shorts at IU Cinema
Earlier this semester the BFC/A presented “Roots/Routes: Contemporary Caribbean Cinema” at the IU Cinema. This weekend Bloomington audiences will have another opportunity to appreciate the dynamism of filmmaking in the region with Saturday’s Dominican short film program during the Latino Film Festival and Conference. Tanya Valette, currently the artistic director and head of programming at… Read more »
Third Annual Gary International Black Film Festival, October 18-20
This evening kicks off the Third Annual Gary International Black Film Festival (GIBFF) held at the Bergland Auditorium at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana. The mission of the GIBFF, as stated on their website is “To build community and culture through the experience of film.” The GIBFF website further stated: Our goal is to… Read more »
Fall Preview: BFC/A and IU Cinema Showcase Ava DuVernay + AFFRM
This September, the BFC/A will kick off our fall 2013 program with a seven-film series at the IU Cinema and other venues, featuring the work of Ava DuVernay and her pioneering theatrical distribution partnership AFFRM (African American Film Festival Releasing Movement). Named as one of Indiewire’s inaugural group of 40 Influencers, DuVernay is scheduled to… Read more »
Chicago's Hidden Treasure: The Black Cinema House
Located on Chicago’s South Side, The Black Cinema House is dedicated to screening and discussing Black films, along with teaching the local youth about film and hosting a range of film series and events. Only in operation since October 2012, the Black Cinema House has already become a space for persons of all ages, races,… Read more »
BFC/A's Jordache Ellapen Receives SSRC Fellowship
The Black Film Center/Archive congratulates our Research Assistant Jordache Ellapen, a Ph.D. student in the Department of American Studies at Indiana University, on his receipt of a Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) through the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). The Social Science Research Council is an independent non-profit international organization that works with practitioners, policymakers,… Read more »
BFC/A Awarded 2013 NEH Grant
The Black Film Center/Archive has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities 2013 Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant to support the program, “Representing Early Black Film Artifacts as Material Evidence in Digital Contexts.” In November 2013, project director Brian Graney and lead scholar Michael T. Martin will convene an interdisciplinary group of scholars, moving image… Read more »
The Lost Films of Kathleen Collins: U.S. Theatrical Premiere at the IU Cinema
To mark the recent restoration of Kathleen Collins’s rarely seen feature films, the Black Film Center/Archive is co-sponsoring a special screening of Losing Ground and The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy; this is the U.S. theatrical premiere of both restorations. The double header will show tonight, Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 pm at the IU… Read more »