Tag: Black Film Center/Archive
BFC/A Friday Screenings Celebrate Women's History Month!
Please join the Black Film Center/Archive in celebrating Women’s History Month. *FRIDAY AFTERNOONS @ THE BFC/A* *Sisters In Cinema* (2003, 62 min, dir: Yvonne Welbon) Friday, March 11, 2011 – 2:00 pm Yvonne Welbon’s groundbreaking documentary creates a strong visual history of the contributions of African-American women to the film industry. Sisters in Cinema traces… Read more »
BFC/A January 2011 e-Newsletter is here!
We hope you enjoy reading it!
Black Film Center/Archive Film Screening, January 17th
The Black Film Center/Archive will be hosting a special screening of the documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin on Monday January 17 at 3 pm. The screening is part of the IU-Bloomington campus celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. There will be a panel discussion after the film. The screening will take… Read more »
African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture
African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture September 25–December 17, 2010 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery, first floor Plastic bags, aluminum cans, wire, and scraps of wood, cloth, metal, and plastic are given second lives throughout sub-Saharan Africa when they are transformed into a variety of utilitarian and decorative items…. Read more »
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 »
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 »
Cinematic Representations of Racial Conflict in Real Time — March 24th and 25th
The Black Film Center/Archive will be hosting a two day symposium entitled Cinematic Representations of Racial Conflict in ‘Real Time’ which will examine two films – Nothing But a Man and The Spook Who Sat by the Door. The symposium will be held on March 24 and 25, 2010. Click here for the IU Newsroom… Read more »