The Newark Black Film Festival began in 1974 and has since become the longest-running festival of Black cinema in the United States. A year later, an independent film named "Cooley High," about four ...

Films originally produced 1915-1946. Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, ...

The past 25 years have witnessed an unprecedented flowering of African American cinema, with filmmakers creating works that transcend entertainment to become cultural phenomena and artistic landmarks.

This year marks a major milestone for Washington University’s African Film Festival. Founded by Wilmetta Toliver‑Diallo, with 2026 comes two decades of bringing the depth and diversity of African ...

With movie-history viewing choices spawning like mold in a damp room, we can easily see the things we didn’t even know we’d never seen. For me that includes Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy ...

The acclaimed director rocked a pair of Air Jordan 3s set to debut in 2026. "Defying convention and operating outside the studio system, these filmmakers were the forefathers (and mothers) of the ...

*(Los Angeles, CA) – In anticipation of its annual Best Of list, the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has already proclaimed 2016 the best EVER for Blacks in cinema. AAFCA not only ...

For the past two decades, African Film Festival has partnered with the Department of African & African American Studies, Film ...

Everyone has seen the classic horror film where the token Black person—specifically the Black guy—dies first. But Black characters aren’t always the victims in horror flicks, sometimes they are the ...