“What intrigues me is learning about a small town that’s fighting with everything they have to stay alive and hearing stories about the town in its heyday,” Tammy Clayburn said. “The residents there know what they are fighting for.”
The Anniston Star – The Associated Press 07/06/2010
James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave In Driving Miss Daisy
“The production, which will be directed by David Esbjornson, marks the first time that Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 play will receive a Broadway staging.” Opening is set for October.
Los Angeles Times 06/29/10
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Happy Birthday, Lena Horne
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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 circulating and reaching those who want to know more about African and African-American film.
Thank you to all our supporters!
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America's Black Dance Companies Struggle Through The Recession
Fifty years ago, African-American dancers were very lucky indeed if they could find any professional company that would hire them. Since then, a wealth of black dance troupes – from the Alvin Ailey company to Philadanco to Urban Bush Women – has arisen and thrived. Yet the Great Recession has decimated funders’ endowments and made presenters skittish, and those companies are facing a more difficult environment than ever before.
The Root 06/26/10 (includes slideshow)
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Indiana Black Expo Black Film Festival, July 11, 2010
The 40th Annual Indiana Black Expo will feature its Black Film Festival on July 11, 2010 from 2:30 pm-6:oo pm.
Two films will be featured: Ten9Eight and Soundtrack for a Revolution.
The festival will take place at the Indianapolis Museum of Art‘s Toby Theater.
Admission costs $5.
Newark Black Film Festival: June 30 – August 4, 2010
The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF), celebrating its 36th Anniversary as one of the nation’s defining voices on behalf of independent film, opens in Newark with adult screenings beginning on Wednesday, June 30, with a six-week run ending on August 4.
Youth Cinema will be held on Mondays at the Newark Public Library starting on July 12, and at the Newark Museum on Wednesday beginning July 7.
The festival is a showcase for films that focus on the experiences and concerns of contemporary African Americans, as well as an outlet for films about the African American experience from earlier eras. The six-week festival is free to the public and provides emerging filmmakers, writers, directors and producers with a high profile outlet for their work.
The festival features the Paul Robeson Awards in 2010, a biennial competition established in 1985. The Robeson Awards honor the spirit of Paul Robeson—renowned activist, scholar, performer and athlete. Winning films will be shown on August 4 at Newark Screens on Springfield Ave., Newark, NJ.
The Newark Black Film Festival also repeats in Trenton, NJ, Thursdays at 6 pm: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ—609.292.6464.
For more information, click here.
Museum For African Art Takes Up Residence On Manhattan's Museum Mile
“On Fifth Avenue between 109th and 110th Streets, the museum will occupy the lower floors of a 19-story condominium designed by Robert A. M. Stern and will extend New York’s Museum Mile uptown into Harlem. The limestone-colored building, with window mullions that lyrically evoke the weave of African baskets, will become a high-profile showplace for one of the only two major American museums devoted solely to African art.”
The New York Times 06/20/10
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Despite Outcry, LACMA Film Program Remains Imperiled
“The protests that saved the program included director Martin Scorsese’s open letter … asserting the importance of movie screenings in a museum context. But despite the high-profile backdrop to their fundraising efforts, LACMA officials say that financial support — presumably from film industry figures who’d be the logical donors to an L.A. film endowment — has not materialized.”
Los Angeles Times 06/22/10
Ghana's Animationafrica Program 2010
Between July the 26th and August 22nd, Animafrik will be hosting and running a series of workshops, screenings and animation conferences in Accra, Ghana. While the website does not provide any detailed program, you can contact the organiser, Mr Samuel Quartey, for any further questions.
ANIMATION AFRICA
NO.5 2ND ANOWA LINK, TESANO, ACCRA
P.O. BOX KN 150
KANESHIE, ACCRA
TEL: (233) 021 254130, 24-3236543, 24-3987224 24-4738681, 24-3873737
The brief program outline can be found on this link: animafrik