Speaking of Julie Dash (see my Tupelo 77 post from kast night HERE)... she was in Toronto about a week ago for TIFF’s celebration of Black History Month, to discuss the ongoing series, L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema, which we've been covering since it launched in Los Ange...
Read More »I'm pleased to see that this project is still very much alive! We've been tracking it for a long while (our last update was in the summer of 2012), hoping that it gets all the assistance it needs and is eventually realize.
Read More »I'm pleased to see that this project is still very much alive! We've been tracking it for a little while, but there hasn't been much movement - at least, movement made public that we've been privy to.
Read More »Julie Dash's classic Daughters of the Dust turns 21 this year.
Read More »In honor of the 20th anniversary of Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash's 1992 Sundance festival drama, The New School and Creatively Speaking presented a special screening and discussion of the film on March 9 as part of its Remixed and Remastered series.
Read More »Pariah opens in limited release tomorrow. I was able to catch it and the Toronto Film Festival. Here is my conversation with writer/director Dee Rees.
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