Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel homes in on the familial tenderness that buoys the youthful protagonists amid devastatingly common injustices.
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Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem | Hyperallergic
Director Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph’s “Fly Paper” transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava’s 1950s portraits of Harlem.
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3 Films We’re Excited to See Developed From The Black List | Colorlines
The annual list compiles entertainment executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays of the year.
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WATCH: New Doc Captures Black Southerners’ Resistance | Colorlines
“What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?” looks at communities and how its residents cope with police violence and economic displacement.
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Netflix To Distribute Spike Lee-Produced Film ‘See You Yesterday’ | Deadline
Netflix has come aboard to distribute See You Yesterday, a travel drama produced by Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. The pic is the directorial debut from Stefon Bristol, Lee’s long-time NYU Graduate Film School protege.
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Film About Free Black Women Millionaires In The 1800s Coming To Screen | Madame Noire
Veronica Wells , Madame Noire [dropcap]One[/dropcap] of the criticisms we’ve had about period pieces that center Black people is the fact that so many of the stories center around slavery, struggle and subservience. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] But a new film seeks to do something different. The play The House That Will Not Stand, is becoming a […]
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Ava DuVernay Secures the Bag With $100 Million Warner Bros. TV Deal | The Root
This is DuVernay’s first contract with any studio, and the relationship is set to begin in January 2019.
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Your Guide to the Smithsonian African American Film Festival | Washingtonian
More than 80 films will show at the first annual festival from October 24-October 27
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New Smithsonian Film Festival Celebrates Black Cinema | Colorlines
The inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival features four days of screenings and master classes, plus a tribute to veteran filmmakers.
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From Birth of a Nation to BlacKkKlansman: Hollywood’s complex relationship with the KKK | The Guardian
Spike Lee’s latest film, about a black detective infiltrating the Klan, once again raises the issue of how seriously cinema should take the white supremacist group.
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