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August 23, 2016September 4, 2016African American Cinema, African American Sports

In 2012, 17 year old Claressa “T-Rex” Shields from Flint, Michigan became the first woman ever to win the gold medal in Olympic boxing.

Why the Debate Over Nate Parker Is So Complex

August 23, 2016September 4, 2016African American Cinema, African American Lives ...

The discussion over how to parse the filmmaker in light of a sexual-assault trial 17 years ago is particularly difficult for black women.

‘The Get Down’ Tells the Story Behind the Birth of Hip-Hop

August 13, 2016September 4, 2016African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Baz Luhrmann’s new Netflix series The Get Down is a fantastical bildungsroman set against the backdrop of the Bronx in the late 1970s.

Separate But Unequal: ‘Pioneers of African-American Cinema’

August 12, 2016September 4, 2016African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Race films were produced especially for “colored only” or “Negro theatres” that catered to African-American neighborhoods during the era of legal segregation.

Vineyard Film Fest Puts Spotlight on African Americans

August 9, 2016September 4, 2016African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Vineyard Film Fest Puts Spotlight on African Americans [two_fifth padding=”0 25px 0 10px”]BY Natalie McKeer | PUBLICATION Cape Cod Times The 14th year of the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival will feature 45 Feature, Documentary and Short Films produced and starring African Americans.[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”]The name of the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film […]

Teju Cole talks to Taiye Selasi: ‘Afropolitan, American, African. Whatever’

August 5, 2016August 6, 2016African American Art, African American Cinema ...

The authors discuss translation, ‘travelling while black’ and how to avoid classification

‘Soul On Bikes’ About African-American Biker Gang Picked Up For Film Adaptation

July 30, 2016African American Cinema, African American History ...

Rockmond Dunbar, the director-producer of the feature film Pastor Brown, has optioned Tobie Gene Levingston’s autobiographical book Soul On Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC And The Black Biker Set about the rise and adventures of the infamous East Bay Dragon Motorcycle Club, the notorious all black Harley Davidson biker gang in Oakland, CA. Dunbar grew up in the Bay Area and has known Levingston, the East Bay Dragons and their exploits since his childhood.