Director: Charles Burnett Writer(s): Andy Froemke Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A film about the daring theft and escape of Robert Smalls, a slave in 1862 Charleston, SC. With a crew of fellow slaves, their families and Smalls’ own wife and children on board, the...
VENUE: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC DATE & TIME: Through October 16, 2017 (see schedule) DESCRIPTION: Black Intimacy explores the ways in which black familial, romantic, and platonic relationships have been portrayed onscreen, with a particular...
Kristopher Tapley | Variety Writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman, actor Donald Sutherland, and director Agnes Varda will receive honorary Oscars this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. The prizes will be...
Director: Jean-Baptiste Thoret Writer(s): Jean-Baptiste Thoret Starring: Ronee Blakley, Peter Bogdanovich, Charles Burnett, Tobe Hooper, Peter Hyams, Stanton Kaye, Jeff Lieberman, Michael Mann, Bob Rafelson, Stephanie Rothman, Jerry Schatzberg, Paul Schrader, James...
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...
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 Sergio | Shadow and Act Over the past few years, the Venice Film Festival, which celebrates its 72nd anniversary in September, has presented newly restored versions of classic films in the Classics section at the festival. Yesterday their list of restored films to...
Forged in the white heat of Vietnam and black-liberation struggles of the late 1960s, UCLA’s radical film-making movement paved the way for black directors. As a new retrospective starts at Tate Modern, one of the original participants recalls how they started By...
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, Julie Dash, Allen Daviau, Caleb...
Director: Charles Burnett Writer(s): Charles Burnett, John Eddie Johnson Starring: Erich Anderson, Richard Anderson, Thomas Babson, Monty Bane, Ernie Lee Banks, Michael Boatman, Jean Hubbard-Boone, James Boyce, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Bernie Casey, Linden Chiles, Janet...
Director: Charles Burnett Writer(s): Charles Burnett Starring: Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice, Reina King, Cory Curtis, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Paula Bellamy, Danny Glover, Wonderful Smith, Ethel Ayler, DeForest Covan,...
Director: Charles Burnett Writer(s): Charles Burnett Starring: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond, Slim, Delores Farley, Dorothy Stengel, Tobar Mayo, Chris Terrill, Lawrence Pierott, Russell Miles, Homer Jai,...
