Last year’s Tony Award’s made history. Will this year follow suit?
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New Voices in Black Cinema at BAM April 26-30 – New York Amsterdam News
Wake up New York City. It’s film festival time and the power of the African and African-American creative voice is alive and well and just a MetroCard swipe away.
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‘Uncode’ Series Seeks to ‘Undo the Miseducation’ Perpetrated on Black Community by Mainstream Media – Atlanta Black Star
For the creators of “Uncode,” a series that showcases stories of the Black experience, being selected for the 41st annual Atlanta Film Festival can be summed up in a single phrase: “Damn good.”
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A Sibling’s Documentary About His Brother’s Mysterious Murder – Hyperallergic
In Strong Island, Yance Ford lays out the peculiar circumstances that surrounded his brother’s murder in 1992, and the void left in its wake.
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8 Films In BAM’s Black Women Festival That We’re Excited to See—And Why They Matter – Okay Africa
The only thing I love more than black women starring in movies, is movies made by black women.
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Film legend and pioneer, Spencer Williams Jr. – New York Amsterdam News
Williams’ career was unknown to millions of viewers; they had no idea how significant he was in the early years of movies in America.
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Why the Debate Over Nate Parker Is So Complex
The discussion over how to parse the filmmaker in light of a sexual-assault trial 17 years ago is particularly difficult for black women.
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