Black Film

They Shoot Black Movies... Don't They?

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 04.02.2012

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Barry Michael Cooper

At the dawn of the Black Hollywood Renaissance of the '90s, the sodality of filmmakers felt like the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Twenty years later, many black filmmakers (including myself) haven't had a movie financed by a major studio in over twenty years.

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Sundance, Ice-T, and Shades of the American Race in Cinema

Courtney Garcia | Posted 03.28.2012

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Courtney Garcia

Representation of the collective diaspora has always been thwarted by our need to classify films according to races other than white. Still, while labels can be debilitating, they can also be manipulated.

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Black, Homophobic Horror Flicks

Irene Monroe | Posted 01.14.2012

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Irene Monroe

Just as the films with black gay themes are problematic, so, too, are some of the well-known black actors who portray LGBTQ characters, making it difficult for African-American viewers to see and actualize black LGBTQ Americans in a healthy and wholesome light.

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10 Black Women Making Moves in Film

Clutch Magazine | Ava DuVernay | Posted 10.22.2011

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Below are ten women making moves in the film industry. In lieu of complaints, let's pledge our money to fund their productions. Let's tweet this artic...

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Black Hollywood: 1991 vs. 2011

Nelson George | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nelson George

The Oscars are painfully short of black nominees. This absence is even more telling when you glance back at the administration of George Bush the First.

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