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I recently stumbled upon a documentary film, 10 Days In Africa, by filmmaker and S&A fan/reader, Regi Allen, on the Black Public Media website. Since I’ve known the founder of this site, the subject of black identity and black depictions and representation in the media have often been topics of discussion, before, on and off this site. In [...]
Last month when I wrote a piece about the wacky and one of a kind 1960 British racial murder mystery Sapphire, I’ve been meaning to follow up with a piece about the other, and far better, British racial drama made around the same time, in 1961, and also obviously inspired by the 1958 Notting Hill race [...]
A cult classic that I haven’t seen, and was only just reminded of after I read the obituary of its filmmaker, David E. Durston, who recently passed away (on May 6). The film was released in 1971, becoming a staple of drive-ins, and was the first film ever to be rated X by the [...]
The 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards took place in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, last Saturday and, sweeping the board with 13 out of 24 prizes, including Best Film and Best Director, was a film that was featured here on this blog last December, Kunle Afolayan’s supposed game-changing Nollywood film The Figurine.
The story goes… From the slums of Bukom comes the inspirational story of a young man who believed his destiny was to become a King amongst Kings. Azumah “Zum Zum – The Professor” Nelson was the WBC World Champion for over a decade, putting the little West African coastal nation of Ghana [...]
I recently posted an item on S & A about the controversial film Serbian Film which was screened recently at the SXSW in Austin to stunned reactions from the sickening violence and depravity in the film. The fact that films have been always controversial over violent content is definitely not a new thing and I was reminded [...]
The story goes… In September 2008, the German production company One Fine Day Films teamed up with Kenyan producing partners Ginger Ink to develop a film workshop in Nairobi for aspiring local movie makers. The concept of the project was to take a minimal budget, a small professional crew and a large group [...]
I was reminded by an email I received today of an enquiry I received over the weekend from a regular S&A reader about an upcoming British film called Sus. I’d never heard of the film before last Saturday and could only assume that it was about the so called “sus laws” which were used prolifically [...]
I consider myself fairly versed in Black/Black cast films, especially obscure tv ones, so it came to my surprise to find BOOKER, a 1984 movie about Booker T. Washington’s youth in the South at the end of the Civil War and after, directed by now-super Director/Producer/Exec. Producer Stan Lathan and starring no other than ‘Dudley’ [...]
Made in 1963, Ganga Zumba wasn’t released until 1972 because there was a military coup in Brazil in 1963, and films about revolutions, even those taking place in the 17th century, were considered politically dangerous.
As I first mentioned HERE a few weeks ago, a much-needed documentary on noted Guyanese activist and historian, Dr. Walter Rodney, is showing tonight at The Brecht Forum (451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Sts., NY, NY 10014 – right off the West Side Hwy) at 7:30pm with a discussion on the film to [...]
The film is called Children Of God, and is written and directed by Kareem Mortimer, a name I wasn’t at all familiar with, prior to the email I received on the film.
I watched this film, Crazy as Hell, a few weeks ago after finding it on online. It’s listed as coming out in 2002. Has anyone else seen it? Maybe you can explain the ending to me. This is now my favorite Eriq La Salle role. I loved him in this movie. Michael Beach is [...]
Besouro was a Shadow And Act Film Find feature last year, in June, with a trailer that thrilled just about everyone who saw it – or at least, peaked interest.
My post just below this one (on the lady – Cynthia Stafford – who won the lottery and started a film production company) led me to this film – My Place In The Horror, a horror/thriller that, if you read the post, would know that Stafford executive-produced, and likely financed, to the tune of $500,000, [...]
Anyone happen to catch this during it’s festival run last year? I didn’t, although I heard a bit about it – mostly fanboy irrational exuberance over it though; nothing I’d take too seriously
Never heard of this, but maybe one of you out there has.
On Monday, February 8th at the Brecht Forum (451 West Street btw. Bank & Bethune Streets, New York, NY) at 7:30pm, filmmaker Clairmont Chung will be screening what looks to be a fantastic new documentary on Guyanese scholar, activist and author Walter Rodney, best known as the author of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), who [...]
So… with the recent flurry of posts, reports, articles, etc on the state of blacks in America, notably, on relationships between black men and women, I thought it would be a good time to revisit the below documentary which I mentioned on this blog back in June, announcing its DVD release, which was scheduled for [...]
Intriguing concept… a documentary-opera… watch the clip below first and read underneath:
Is it me, or has this year seen a relative barrage of music documentaries featuring legendary black music makers from the 60s/70s? Am I Black Enough For You? (Billy Paul), Still Bill (Bill Withers), Soul Power (Various artists including James Brown)… Well, now here come two more, both set for release early next year and [...]
I got an e-mail about a brother named Rel Dowdell working on his second feature. For some reason, I can no longer find the information on the second film. Anyways, I did get a link to the trailer for his first film. I have never heard of it and I am shocked to see MC [...]
Kudos to any filmmaker who can produce a feature-length film that takes place in real-time, entirely in one room, and have it actually be entertaining and riveting enough to keep the audience watching. Hitchcock did it with Rope in 1948. Prior to that, I can’t recall a film that took the risk (maybe you cinephiles [...]
Invisible Universe: A History Of Blackness In Speculative Fiction explores the relationship between the Black body and popular fantasy, horror and science fiction literature and film and the alternative perspectives produced by creators of color.
If you ever find yourself in Crouch End, north London, on the last Tuesday of the month (except this December, due to Yuletide shenanigans), you might want to check out the Kush Film Boutique.
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