Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates – P
Continuing our celebration of 100 Years of Black Cinema, the next part of “Within Our Gates”, an early work of one...
Oscar Micheaux’s Lying Lips ...
Continuing our look at 100 years of Black Cinema, here’s part 3 of another early work by Oscar Micheaux. Made in...
Oscar Micheaux’s Lying Lips ...
Continuing our look at 100 years of Black Cinema, here’s another early work by Oscar Micheaux. Made in 1939,...
Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates – P
Continuing our celebration of 100 Years of Black Cinema, a third part of “Within Our Gates”, an early work of one...
Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gat...
Continuing our celebration of 100 Years of Black Cinema, Part 2 of “Within Our Gates”, an early work of...
Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gat...
Released four years after D.W. Griffith’s “Birth Of A Nation”, Within Our Gates is a silent film...
African Cinema: Djibril Diop Mambéty&
In it’s fourth year, Black World Cinema is a showcase of seldom seen classic features and new films from around...
[CANNES] Hrithik Roshan and Barbara M...
(Mumbai) Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan is screening his much-talked about film “Kites” with co-star...
Bad idea #3,904,658,201: American Gla...
With an announcement apparently timed to support California’s proposal to legalize weed, Variety reports today...
Precious: Based on the novel “PUSH” b
There was some back and forth about this film, which isn’t rated yet, and will be released November 6. Mostly,...
Youssou N’Dour: Return to Gorée
A musical road movie, Youssou N’Dour: Return to Gorée follows Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour’s...
Ever seen “Chef”?
Chef! is a British sitcom starring comedian Lenny Henry (and based on an idea he had) that aired as twenty episodes...
Have you seen “Black Joy”...
Directed by Anthony Simmons and starring Norman Beaton (who later became known from the TV series...
Steve McQueen’s “Hunger...
HUNGER is the stunningly assured debut feature from Turner Prize-winning visual artist Steve McQueen. Winner of the...
Movies That Made Us: FRIDAY!
“A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday…” When you’re spotlighting important Black...
Movies That Made Us: Malcolm X
In the early 1990s, “Marketing Black” was very important in America. The biggest brand in the world was a...
Movies That Made Us: Drop Squad
Drop Squad is a 1994 comedy about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their...
Movies That Made Us: Putney Swope
“The changes I’m going to make will be minimal. I’m not gonna rock the boat. Rockin’ the...
Movies That Made Us: Hollywood Shuffl...
If you were in film school or entering the entertainment industry in the late 80s or early 90s, you had a moment (or...
Movies That Made Us: Basquiat
Here’s one of those strange films that makes the list even though it’s not exactly “Black...
Movies That Made Us: Love & Bask...
When we sat down and discussed what film were the best romantic films for the series, one movie title kept coming up...
Movies That Made Us: Daughters Of The...
Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written and directed by Julie Dash. It’s the story of three...
