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A film we alerted you to earlier this year, which was online at the time, in full, but was quickly pulled soon after our posting, likely for this reason… It’ll screen at the 2012 Hollywood Black Film Festival, which kicks off today and runs through the 28th. Meet kungfu’s black pioneers and heroes who fluorished at [...]

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The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is seeking submission for its 2013 Awards ceremony.  The AMAA‘s originated in 2005 and “aims to facilitate the development and relevance of African film cinema by providing a rewards recognition platform for film makers on the continent.” They are seeking Feature Length Films, Documentaries and Shorts released between December [...]

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ATLANTA, Oct. 19, 2012 — Bounce TV (www.bouncetv.com), the fastest growing African American network in television, will premiere its newest original series, Off The Chain, on Monday, Oct. 22 at 9:00 p.m. (ET) with two episodes back-to-back. The new half-hour stand-up comedy series will feature performances by some of the country’s most talented African American [...]

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This is GREAT news for New Yorkers! Both films will be making their New York premieres; in fact, I believe La Pirogue will be making its USA premiere.  But this should excite a lot of you… I hope. Both films have received lots of coverage on this site; I saw part of the 3-hour epic [...]

Continue Reading Yes! ‘Toussaint Louverture,’ & ‘La Pirogue’ Are Centerpiece & Gala Screenings For ADIFF 2012

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I’m intrigued by this new TV mini-series that started airing on South Africa’s SABC1 last week Thursday night. Titled Dream World, it’s a contemporary all-black South African adaptation of William Shakespeare‘s A Midsummer Nights Dream, and follows 4 young lovers as they face several comedic challenges on their way to finding true love.  This dance [...]

Continue Reading New South African Miniseries Adapts Shakespeare‘s ‘Midsummer Nights Dream’ With All-Black Cast

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The fall film festival beat marches on, as the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), here in New York City, kicks off  its 2012 edition (also its 20th anniversary, a milestone year) on November 23rd, running through December 11th. As we continue to look forward to seeing what this year’s full lineup of films looks like (a few titles have [...]

Continue Reading Cross-Continental Drama/Thriller ‘Doctor Bello’ Will Open 20th African Diaspora International Film Festival!

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Pariah List Price: $19.98 List Price: $19.98 Your Price: $11.61- Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister Sharonda (Sahra Mellesse) in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetr Your Price: $11.61 – african american movies

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This is just a tease, not the full lineup. 70 films are expected to be screened this year (with more than 30 of the filmmakers in attendance), over the 10 days of the festival (now in only its 2nd year), including several titles we’ve highlighted on this site throughout the year, like Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s comedy Sex, Okra [...]

Continue Reading Film Africa, London’s Largest Annual African Film Festival, Returns November 1 To 11

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The previously reported An African Election makes its debut tonight, October 1, 6:30pm ET on PBS WORLD.  A film by Jarreth Merz, captures the 2008 presidential elections in Ghana. Offering a behind-the-scenes look at the complex, political machinery of a third world democracy struggling to legitimize itself to its first world peers, the film reveals [...]

Continue Reading Acclaimed Documentary ‘An African Election’ Premieres Tonight

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