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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‘What’s it like to be black in this system?’: life in a Chicago high school | The Guardian
For his captivating new documentary series, film-maker Steve James spent a year with students at Oak Park River Forest high
View MoreThe 40-year-old “prophetic” novel that predicted the troubles of modern-day Zimbabwe | Quartz Africa
If Dambudzo Marechera had not existed, Zimbabwe would have invented him.
View MoreWatch rare footage of Louis Armstrong play an open-air concert in pre-independence Ghana | Quartz Africa
In May 1956, jazz great Louis Armstrong was at the center of a dance party that would become one of the greatest crossover moments across the Atlantic Ocean.
View MoreDemocratic Socialism Threatens Minorities | The Atlantic
Nothing better protects victims of bigotry than a system where they can pursue their needs and wants outside the realm of popular control.
View MoreFirst look: National Museum of African American Music unveils collection | Tennessean
Construction is well underway on the Downtown Nashville complex that will eventually house the National Museum of African American Music, scheduled to open in 2019.
View MoreA Mother’s Zip Code Could Signal Whether Her Baby Will Be Born Too Early | The Atlantic
Every year, more than 400,000 women in America have babies who are preterm, low-birthweight, or who die before their first birthdays.
View MoreLaToya Ruby Frazier’s best photograph: me and my guardian angel | The Guardian
‘My grandmother collected porcelain dolls after her daughter was murdered. It was something to do with filling that loss. She was my guardian angel’
View MoreThomas Allen Harris Goes Through a Lens Darkly | PBS.Org
The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost.
View MoreThis Is How a Black Woman Unravels | The Root
“Nah, he can’t be talking to me.”
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