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Apr 24, 2024 · This essential collection features 15 films, including seven new restorations, by the prolific independent director whose pioneering explorations of contemporary Black life paved the way for ...
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- Kino Lorber
4 days ago · From a talent show to political documentary to footage of protest rallies, these films show the “boom” of independent Black filmmakers in Brooklyn in the 60s and 70s, echoing back to the urgent work decades before by towering figures Oscar Michaux and Paul Robeson.
May 2, 2024 · Micheaux wasn’t alone in this calling, but he was the most successful and influential early Black pioneer of independent film, creating more than 40 shorts and features from the silent period...
Apr 18, 2024 · Have you ever wondered what it would take to survive an encounter with the infamous Jason Voorhees? Join us as we explore the ultimate survival guide to outsmarting this relentless...
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- Darklore, Tales of Dread
Apr 24, 2024 · Featuring Within Our Gates (1920), Micheaux’s earliest surviving feature, plus Body & Soul, The Girl From Chicago, Murder in Harlem, God's Step Children, Ten Minutes to Live, and many others ...
Apr 20, 2024 · From a talent show to political documentary to footage of protest rallies, these films exemplify the “boom” of independent Black filmmakers in Brooklyn in the 60s and 70s, echoing earlier work by Oscar Michaux and Paul Robeson.
May 7, 2024 · But a new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts seeks to showcase lesser-known Black filmmakers and actors who have a rich history of their own. Jeffrey Brown has the story for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS." A look at how students and administrators at some colleges are diffusing tensions over pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
