If you’re not familiar with Beninese/Senegalese director Paulin Vieyra (1925-1987), you are missing out on one of the key figures in African and world film history. One of the fathers of African cinema, Vieyra’s life and prolific work as a filmmaker, historian, and essayist track closely with the development of African filmmaking in the period… Read more »
The Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University will open “Axe of Vengeance: Ghanaian Film Posters and Film Viewing Culture” on August 24th. The exhibit will feature the large hand painted posters ubiquitous in Ghana in the 1980s and used for advertising public screenings of films played on VCRs. The exhibit will focus not only… Read more »
Volume 3, Number 2 of Black Camera has just been released by IU Press, and features a new section called Close-Up, which critically examines a particular subject in film employing a variety of modes of inquiry. In this issue, the focus is on Nothing But a Man (1964) by Robert Young. The JSTOR page for… Read more »
Not enough people, it seems, are aware of Jessie Maple, given her contributions to black cinema. So for those who aren’t familiar, an introduction from Diane Tucker: Jessie Maple is included in nearly every who’s who of film except the Registry. Will is the first post civil rights feature-length film produced by an African-American woman…. Read more »
This week kicks off a collaboration between the BFC/A and Graduate Students in African Studies at IU. We will be hosting a film series featuring contemporary films by African filmmakers; the series will take place Thursday evenings in March. 3/8 AFRICAN/AMERICAN? Three short films about reconciling African and American identities. Screening followed by a discussion… Read more »
Hearing Radmilla, a documentary film about Radmilla Cody, will be showing at the IU Cinema this Saturday (March 3rd) at 3 p.m. From the IU Cinema release: Growing up in Navajo Nation, Radmilla Cody was tormented by others due to her mixed Native- and African-American heritage. In her early twenties, Cody entered the Miss Navajo… Read more »
Please join us to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the BFC/A and the Work of Charles Burnett November 4, 2011 5:30 – 7:00 Phyllis Klotman Appreciation – 6:00pm Wells Library – Media & Reserves Light refreshments will be served No RSVP necessary
Five movies directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Charles Burnett will be featured Nov. 3-6 at the IU Cinema, an event that coincides with the 30th anniversary of IU’s Black Film Center/Archive. Michael Martin, a professor of American Studies and Communication and Culture who is director of the Black Film Center/Archive, will host a public interview… Read more »
Home Movie Day returns to Indiana University this Saturday October 15, from 3-5 pm at the IU Cinema. Home Movie Day is an international celebration of the power and meaning of home movies and amateur film while also highlighting the importance of everyday filmmaking as a historical resource. Local residents have the opportunity to bring… Read more »