VENUE: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Langston Hughes Auditorium DATE & TIME: November 2, 2016, 6:30 p.m. ABOUT THE FILM: Shirley Chisholm was the first African American to seek the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1972. Faced with...
Shadow & Act | Sergio Mims One of the most acclaimed and successful DVD sets of the year was Kino Lorber’s collection “The Pioneers of African American Cinema.” The five disc set curated by historians Prof. Jacqueline Najuma Stewart of the University of Chicago...
from Shadow & Act A slate of groundbreaking Caribbean films along with a line-up of adventurous musicians, artists and DJs will introduce Miami audiences to the cutting edge of the Caribbean at the inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival, taking place from...
from Shadow & Act Unfortunately this is only for New Yorkers, kicking off tomorrow, September 9, for a 1-week run through the 15th, at Film Society of Lincoln Center; although it may travel. Charles Burnett became known to world cinema when his 1978 UCLA thesis...
VENUE: Celeste and Armand Bartos Screening Room at the Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens. DATE: Saturday, September 24 at 4:30PM TOTAL RUNNING TIME: approximately 90 minutes New York Women in Film & Television’s (NYWIFT) Women’s Film...
VENUE: AMC Empire 25 in midtown Manhattan, with Opening Night at the SVA Theater in Chelsea in NYC. DATE: September 21 – 25, 2016 The Urbanworld Film Festival, founded in 1997 by Stacy Spikes, is the largest internationally competitive festival of its kind, hosted in...
VENUE: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - 515 Malcolm X Blvd., New York, NY 10027 - View Map DATE & TIME: Friday, October 14, 6:30 pm Add to Calendar DESCRIPTION: On Friday, Oct. 14, 6:30 pm, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture...
from Shadow & Act The Milwaukee Film Festival Announces Black Lens Program Lineup For our readers in Milwaukee… a program of films at the upcoming Milwaukee Film Festival that should interest you – some of them indie films you may not get to see in a theatrical...
from Shadow & Act The 14th Annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF), presented by Run&Shoot Filmworks, to be held from August 8–13, 2016, will feature a slate of high-caliber films from emergent filmmakers, panels, conversations and...
Celebrating our 4th year, the UASE will continue to celebrate the multicultural achievements in the genre of Heroes! We are excited to be celebrating over 30 years of Martial Arts Cult Clasics and Action Cinema with Big Trouble in Little China and the WMAC Masters...
From August 5 through September 1, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents the 22nd Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, celebrating the best in contemporary independent filmmaking exploring the stories, images, heritage, and history of the black experience in the U.S....
Philly’s own BlackStar Film Festival has announced its full slate of films and events for the 2016 edition. Now celebrating its fifth anniversary, the pre-eminent showcase of independent black cinema takes place Thursday, August 4 through Sunday, August 7. The 2016...