Director: Julie Dash Writer(s): Lisa Jones (screenplay), Danielle McGuire (novel) Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The story of how Rosa Parks and the collective action of black women sparked the Civil Rights movement. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre:...
by Monique Jones | Shadow and Act We've been in the midst of a Black film renaissance, but we've been in the middle of one before--in the 1990s. What makes this renaissance different than the last one? The New York Times gathered together several Black filmmakers who...
by Brooke Obie | Shadow and Act At the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, iconic filmmaker Julie Dash exclusively told Shadow And Act she will be directing a biopic from Lionsgate on civil rights legend Dr. Angela Davis. Brian Tucker will write the screenplay and...
https://vimeo.com/119871968 Director: Julie Dash Writer(s): Julie Dash Starring: Danny Glover, Woodie King Jr., Hugh Masekela, Olu Dara, Vertamae Grosvenor, Manthia Diawara, Quincy Troupe, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Marshall Allen, Sam L. Waymon, Psyche...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act From Friday, November 10 through Thursday, November 16, BAMcinématek in Brooklyn, NY will present the screening series Strange Victories: Black Soldiers and World War II, a program inspired by the release of Dee Rees’...
Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson BronzeLens Film Festival producers have announced the 5 distinguished women who will receive the coveted BronzeLens Women Superstars Award this year, in honor of their contributions to the film and television industry. The 5 women...
Nearly 500 ‘race films’ were produced in the US between 1915 and 1952 but lost due to a combination of neglect and poor preservation, yet a new project shines spotlight on the early 20th-century films of Oscar Micheaux and others By Ashley Clark | The Guardian...
By Ashley Clark | The Guardian ‘It wasn’t trendy,” says Julie Dash down the line from South Carolina. “We were the broke nerds wearing $2 jelly shoes because we put all our money into film-making.” She chuckles, warm and husky. In the late 60s and early 70s, Dash was...
It is indeed a wonderful revelation in the history of world cinema that immensely talented women filmmakers of Africa and the African Diaspora are making it really big in innovative filmmaking. Not only are they challenging old cinematic prescriptions, they are also...
https://youtu.be/UcUmV-TaVGk Director: Zeinabu Irene Davis Writer(s): N/A Starring: Gay Abel-Bey, Shirikiana Aina, Adisa Anderson, Michelle A. Banks, S. Torriano Berry, Carroll Parrott Blue, Charles Burnett, Ben Caldwell, Larry Clark, Julie Dash, Zeinabu irene Davis,...
https://youtu.be/D8VPVju2uVw Director: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton Writer(s): Douglas Blush, Paul Mariano Starring: Jeff Adachi, James H. Billington, Robin Blaetz, Brooks Boliek, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Burnett, Jay Carr, Martin Cohen, Peter Coyote, Arlene Damron,...
https://youtu.be/PIkLP086IwM Director: J. Gregory Lewis Writer(s): N/A Starring: Ruby Dee, Nelson George, Julie Dash, Reginald Hudlin, Ossie Davis, Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, Mario Van Peebles, Warrington Hudlin Synopsis: Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks and...