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"Yelling To The Sky" Will Screen At The Pan African Film Festival In Los Angeles
Thsoe of you in the Los Angeles area... if you haven't seen Victoria Mahoney's impressive and, dare I say, *controversial* (given some of the reactions to it I read as it toured the film festival circuit) feature film debut, Yelling To The Sky, you will have an opportunity to do so...
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Anthony Mackie And Dee Rees Announced As Sundance Film Festival Jury Members
It's only a few weeks away before this year's Sundance Film Festival kicks off and it's just been announced actress Parker Posey will be hosting this year's awards ceremony on January 28. Jury members were also revealed and Anthony Mackie along with director Dee Rees made the l...
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A Nollywood Film Festival Grows In Brazil With Tunde Kelani Retro + Trailer For His Latest "MAAMi"
I really love this actually, despite the international perception of the quality of Nollywood films (even though that's changing, slowly but surely); I'll almost always applaud any efforts that unite instead of divide across the diaspora.
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Hal Hartley's "Meanwhile" (Featuring Angolan Actor Hoji Fortuna) Trailer + World Premiere Date
I've never been a big fan of the films of hermetic indie filmmaker Hal Hartley, even though he was once considered one of a handful of young trailblazing auteurs back in the late 80s/early 90s, along with the likes of Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes and others, who were producing esoteric, smart, cheaply-...
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New Directors/New Films Now Accepting Submissions For 2012 Festival
The well-regarded New Directors/New Films - the nation's foremost showcase for emerging filmmaking talent, where the likes of Pedro Almodóvar, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, John Sayles, Steven Spielberg, Wong Kar Wai, Dee Rees and many other, were all featured early in their careers - is currently a...
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African Diaspora Film Festival 2011 Preview - "A Lot Like You" (Identity Investigations)
A film we profiled earlier this year will be making its NYC premiere at the upcoming African Diaspora Film Festival, which runs from November 25 - December 13.
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2011 African Diaspora International Film Festival Will Run From Nov 25 - Dec 13 w/63-Film Lineup
"63 amazing films from 37 different countries... From Jordan to Australia, from Kenya to Mexico, from Guadeloupe to Canada and from Cuba to the USA, a rich selection of dramas, comedies and documentary films will have their US and NY premiere in ADIFF 2011," says the press release, some we've covere...
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It Ain't Easy Putting Together A Film Festival - Ask Mark Harris
Take my word for it... After years of experience, I know that it ain't easy to put one together. It's tough, draining, demanding, brutal and exhausting. (And that's before the festival has even begun) But in the end, it's always worth it.
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Locarno *Opens Door* To African Cinema In 2012
News on the march..... definitely something I'll be keeping an eye on, and reporting as things develop. It immediately reminded me of the Spanish/Al-Jazeera co-production forum we reported on earlier this year in which 10 African filmmakers were to pitch their new film projects to Spanish film produ...
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BronzeLens Film Festival Returns to Atlanta for its 2nd Year
Producer Roger Bobb and actress Nicole Ari Parker serve as honorary Co-chairs for this year's BronzeLens Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.
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