Black Audio Film Collective co-founder John Akomfrah’s latest film, The Nine Muses, opened at the MOMA this past weekend. One more screening is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12 at 4:30. Click HERE for more info. You can also see two of Akomfrah’s previous films, Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993) and The Last Angel of History… Read more »
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Visit the BFC/A's New & Improved Websites!
With the great assistance and guidance of Gyeongja Jun (GJ) Lee, the BFC/A has launched an updated version of its website along with its sister website for Black Camera, BFC/A’s academic journal. Please visit our sites by clicking on their image below:
Shaft @ IU Cinema – Sunday, Aug 28, 6:30 pm
The Cry of Jazz & Director Ed Bland Come to IU Cinema, April 29 @ 3pm
Director Ed Bland will be in attendance and the film will be followed by a discussion with Mr. Bland. He will also be interviewed at the BFC/A by Michael Martin after the screening of The Cry of Jazz. This screening is preceded by a brief introduction and is free, but ticketed. Tickets for this event… Read more »
Just a Maid in Movies, but Not Forgotten
“FOR Lynn Nottage, the aha moment that led to “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” her new play about race, sex, fame and the dream — and crushing reality — of Hollywood, was unexpected. She was watching “Baby Face,” a delectably sordid 1933 studio film about an Übermensch in silk stockings played by Barbara Stanwyck,… Read more »
NYT Q. & A.: Filmmaker’s Path From Rwanda to Tribeca
“Grey Matter,” a feature film from the writer and director Kivu Ruhorahoza, represents the Tribeca Film Festival’s first movie from Rwanda by a Rwandan filmmaker. The film, which has its world premiere on April 21, blends fantasy and reality in its portrayal of the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda as seen through the eyes… Read more »
New PBS Documentary by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“Now with Black in Latin America, his 11th title for PBS, Gates gently eviscerates the fixed idea—held especially by North Americans who think of race in terms of black and white—that long centuries of racial mixing can somehow eradicate racism. It will air in four parts, starting on April 19. In each episode, Gates travels… Read more »
Television News in North America
Network Aimed at Black Audience Announced for Fall “Atlanta-based Bounce TV will be an over-the-air channel supported by sponsors, showing programs for blacks ages 25 to 54. It is designed to be carried on the digital signals of local television stations, and it doesn’t necessarily want to compete with existing cable networks like BET, TV… Read more »
Kinshasa Symphony Opened the New York African Film Festival
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vTk0XsgZV4] In case you missed the Opening Night of the New York African Film Festival, here’s a trailer for the documentary Kinshasa Symphony, which examines the extraordinary musical group L’Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste (Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra) from Democratic Republic of the Congo. About the festival: The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) and African Film Festival,… Read more »