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:
Tag: Black Film Center/Archive
Pedro Costa at IU Cinema: October 6-8
On Thursday, October 6, acclaimed Portuguese director Pedro Costa will give the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture at the Indiana University Cinema. The BFC/A is co-sponsoring Costa’s visit to Bloomington for his retrospective, which will take place from October 6 – 8. The retrospective includes the films Down to Earth (1984); Ossos (1997); his complete shorts… Read more »
Articulations of Memory in Cinemas @ University of Ottawa – Sept 2-3
Articulations of Memory in Cinemas Friday 09/02– Saturday 09/03, 2011 University of Ottawa, Canada The subject of this interdisciplinary and bilingual (French and English) workshop is the articulations of memory in African, diasporic, national, and black cinemas. Representations of memory are linked with the questions of identity and identity structures, because they not only shed… Read more »
Shaft @ IU Cinema – Sunday, Aug 28, 6:30 pm
BFC/A Celebrates 30th Anniversary!
The BFC/A turns 30 this year, and we plan to celebrate! We have an exciting array of events and activities for students, faculty, community members, and visitors this semester. Aug 28: We are co-sponsoring a screening of the classic blaxploitation film Shaft at IU Cinema. Sept 30; Oct. 14; Oct 28: Friday afternoon screenings of… Read more »
READY TO READ: The (W)rap-Sheet 2.2
Our e-newsletter continues to undergo transformations, and we are proud to deliver The (W)rap-Sheet to you. We hope you enjoy reading it and find it informational.
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 »
The Day Diplomacy Died with Bernie Dwyer: April 12 @ BFC/A
The Day Diplomacy Died Come see the film and meet the filmmaker. This new documentary by Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo exposes the story behind the lock up of 75 “independent” journalists, trade unionists, and librarians in Cuba in 2003 through the eyes of four ex-Cuban state agents working undercover. The mainstream media never… 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 »