Black Independent filmmakers 1968 -1986 4 min read From February 6 – 19, Lincoln Center is affording film enthusiasts the opportunity to view some rarely seen films written and directed by promising Black... Read More
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Black Independent filmmakers 1968 -1986 4 min read
RadhaMUSprime: The 40-Year-Old-Version February 18, 2015, 9:30PM The Public Theater Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street Manhattan (212)539-8500 What would happen if Wu Tang’s Ghost Face Killah and comedy legend... Read More
A Tribute To Henry Dumas – AfroHorn 2 min read Henry Dumas (July 20, 1934 – May 23, 1968) was an African-American writer and poet. He has been called “an absolute genius” by Toni Morrison, who as a commissioning editor at Random House published... Read More
The People of Clarendon County 1 min read Clarendon County, a rural community in South Carolina, was the battleground of black sharecroppers, domestic workers, laborers and clergymen who joined with the NAACP to... Read More
Who is Billie Holiday? In President Barack Obama’s children’s book Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughters, which profiles thirteen Americans who helped shape present-day America, the President describes singer as a woman with her “own song.” Indeed, Lady Day is one of the most distinctly recognizable voices of the 20th century.... Read More
Through a Lens Darkly Monday, January 26, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd Harlem Inspired by Deborah... Read More
To Be Or Not to Be African 3 min read When Black Americans adopted the insignia African American, nowhere in the instruction manual was it written that knowledge of Africa would be magically conferred. Thus... Read More
The Film Society of Lincoln Center 13 min read Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York 1968-1986 February 6-19, 2015 This festival includes major works by some of the great filmmakers of... Read More