Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker and publicist, imagines a time when black-theme pictures will flourish in places where African-American film festivals have already found eager viewers. Fifty such cities would be an ideal black-film circuit, Ms. DuVernay said. In March she will start with five. 01/07/11 – The New York Times Click here to read the… Read more »
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Ballet Black, London's Company of Color
Founder Cassa Pancho: “All through ballet school I was really aware of the lack of black people around me. So for my dissertation I thought I would interview black women working in ballet and see what they had to say – but I couldn’t find a single black woman working in ballet, and that really… Read more »
Frankie and Alice
The “Frankie and Alice” trailer has been released. The film which stars Halle Berry, Chandra Wilson, Phylicia Rashaad, and Stellan Skarsgård follows Frankie (Berry), a woman suffering with multiple personality disorder in the early 1970s. “Frankie and Alice” opens at the Landmark Nuart Theater on December 10 and opens nationwide on Feburary 4, 2011. Click here to… Read more »
How Digital Media Have Changed The Movie Experience
“Digital media have not only created a world starkly different from the world of a mere 15 years ago, they have changed the way people who live in the world think, behave, create and consume. They have facilitated a generation gap that makes the divide between Boomers and their parents narrow by comparison.” Toronto Star… Read more »
Bill T. Jones Co. Merges With NYC's Dance Theater Workshop
“In an unusual move that may alter the contemporary dance landscape in New York, the boards of Dance Theater Workshop and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company voted unanimously Wednesday to merge their organizations, forming a combination producing and presenting entity to be called New York Live Arts.” New York Times 12/02/10 Click here… Read more »
UK Film Council Abolished; Remaining Screen Agencies to Be Consolidated
“England’s nine screen agencies are to be merged to create a single body called Creative England. Culture minister Ed Vaizey announced the plans today, saying the new body will be chaired by John Newbigin, and will consist of three hubs, based in the north, the Midlands and the south.” The Stage (UK) 11/29/10 Click here… Read more »
CINEMATIQ Magazine available January 1, 2011!
CINEMATIQ Magazine, a new resource magazine with a distinct perspective in Black Cinema and beyond from Indie to Mainstream, is a quarterly printed publication founded and created by Angel L. Brown. CINEMATIQ will launch and be available for purchase exclusively on www.cinematiqmag.com 01-01-11. In each issue you will find interviews, commentary, movie & film equipment… Read more »
Lena Horne, Melvin Van Peebles and Roger Ebert to Receive 2010 AAFCA Awards
“The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will honor the special achievements of iconic filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, film legend Lena Horne and veteran film journalist Roger Ebert, with 2010 AAFCA Awards at its’ 2nd live ceremony on Monday, December 13, 2010, at the legendary Ebony Repertory Theatre (www.ebonyrep.org) in Los Angeles. AAFCA is the film… Read more »
Fela! Producers Sued for Copyright Infringement
“Carlos Moore, [Fela Kuti’s] only official biographer, claims the producers of Fela! breached his copyright by failing to credit his book, Fela: This Bitch Of A Life, as a source for the production.” Moore is asking for $5 million in damages.” The Guardian (UK) 11/09/10 Click here to read the entire article.
Bill T. Jones: The Step-by-Step Guide
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOSsDHLooi0&feature=player_embedded] “Jones draws on a range of techniques, including African dance, American modern and postmodern dance, and ballet, but an important formative influence was contact improvisation, a form of partner-work that enables people of different heights, weights and strengths to interact.” The Guardian (UK) 11/09/10 Click here to read the entire article.