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April 2-10 ~ Museum of Moving Images SERIES: The Master, The Rebel, and the Artist: The Films of Ousmane Sembène, Djibril Diop Mambéty, and Moussa Sene Absa
Presented in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University Guest curator: June Givanni The Senegalese filmmakers Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007) and Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945–1998) pioneered cinematic creativity in Africa. Among the many filmmakers they inspired is Moussa Sene Absa (b. 1958), a protégé and former assistant of Mambéty’s. All three directors give voice… Read more »
"Black Is… Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing the African Diaspora, March 26
The Herman C. Hudson Symposium, “Black Is… Black Ain’t”: Reconceptualizing the African Diaspora, is an annual event organized by the African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) Graduate Society. The purpose of the symposium is to provide a formal space in which students, faculty and others can share their knowledge and productions among one another… Read more »
Cannes 8th International Pan African Film Festival: April 13-17
BFC/A January 2011 e-Newsletter is here!
We hope you enjoy reading it!
September e-Newsletter
Our September 2010 e-Newsletter is online! This issue includes, among other things, obituaries for the late Abbey Lincoln and Vonetta McGee as well as information on a special exhibition, entitled African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture, which will be on display at the Indiana University Art Museum. There are also articles on Animafrik 2010… Read more »
Performances: Abbey Lincoln
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Black Camera Circulation Report: 1,739 Subscribers!
The Black Film Center/Archive recently received the annual circulation report for its academic journal Black Camera. Since July 2009, over 1,700 individuals and institutions have subscribed to the journal. We are so happy to know that the content of this journal, which includes interviews with important directors and artists and essays by prominent scholars, is… Read more »
Lena Horne films available at the BFC/A
The Black Film Center/Archive has the following films that feature Lena Horne: The Duke is Tops (1938) Cabin in the Sky (1943) Stormy Weather (1943) Boogie Woogie Dream (1944) The Wiz (1978) You must make an appointment with the BFC/A before viewing films, and films may only be viewed in our comfortable seminar room at… Read more »