Keenen Ivory Wayans was 66 Sunday
Marcus Garvey died 85 years ago today
Ray Charles died 21 years ago today
Howlin' Wolf was born 115 years ago today
Spencer Tracy died 58 years ago today

#blackjamaican #blackcaribbean #blackpianists #blackguitarists #blackharmonicaplayers #blackcomedians #blackdirectors #blackfilmmakers

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Don't Be Gay released in 2025

Very funny.

Loved his previous distributed set too. :)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36437611

#film #greatfilm #blackfilm #gayfilm #blackcomedians #jerrodcarmichael #blackmen #blackactors #blackfilmmakers #blackwriters #blackmastodon

Terrell Carter, star of Netflix's Beauty in Black and past guest on When We Speak TV, will appear at the inaugural Global South Film Festival in South Fulton, GA.

https://whenwespeaktv.com/blog/terrell-carter-malik-yoba-and-more-a-powerful-celebration-of-black-cinema-at-the-global-south-film-festival/

#TerrellCarter #BeautyInBlack #GlobalSouthFilmFestival #WhenWeSpeakTV #blackfilm #film #filmfestival #netflix #actor #atlanta #blackfilmmakers #atlantamedia

ICYMI: Winsome Sinclair, Influential Casting Director for Spike Lee, Dies at 58 https://shinemycrown.com/winsome-sinclair-influential-casting-director-for-spike-lee-dies-at-58/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Belly #MoBetterBlues #Blackfilmmakers #castingagency

Winsome Sinclair, Influential Casting Director for Spike Lee, Dies at 58 https://shinemycrown.com/winsome-sinclair-influential-casting-director-for-spike-lee-dies-at-58/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Belly #MoBetterBlues #Blackfilmmakers #castingagency

African film directors are making strides — all the way to Cannes, the Oscars and Netflix, tackling topics from women's rights to the supernatural. Carla Hay has details on five African filmmakers to watch. https://bit.ly/3WUAjoD #africanfilmmakers #blackfilmmakers

Seattle area event March 5 2023: movie screening - in-person event RSVP at link.

"Lost at Sea director Lady Scribe shares personal experiences of growing up Black in Seattle and the impacts of gentrification on the Central District."

link: https://crosscut.com/event/origins-lost-sea-screening
#BlackFilms #BlackFilmMakers

With 'Origin', Ava Duvernay illuminates America's racial caste system
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/15/1224037292/caste-ava-duvernay-origin
#Blackmastodon #Blackfilmmakers

Synopsis: An intimate self-portrait of iconic Black model, booking agent and fashion industry changemaker Bethann Hardison’s challenge to the colourist status quo.

Directors: Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng

#BethannHardison #Cinema #film #cinephile #Black #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFilmmakers #Photo #Art #BlackWomen #Beauty #RoleModel #Artist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT5PLtipTDw

On August 12, 1998, The Watermelon Woman was screened on the Sundance Channel. Here’s some Cheryl Dunye art to mark the occasion!
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#TheWatermelonWoman #CherylDunye #LGBTQIAFilm #FeministFilm #RomCom #FemaleFilmmakers #BlackFilmmakers #NationalFilmRegistry #DirectorialDebut #1990s #RomanticFilm #NewQueerCinema #Art #PopArt #Portrait #MovieArt #MovieHistory

Happy Black History Month cult film fans! Continuing with my new daily portraits of some of my favorite black cult film icons. Celebrating Spike Lee and Denzel Washington today, and their collaboration on the Gold Standard for biographical films, Malcolm X (1992)!
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#BlackHistoryMonth #NewArt #MalcolmX #MalcolmX1992 #SpikeLee #Biopic #BiographicalDrama #DenzelWashington #BiographicalDrama #1990sMovies #BlackCinema #CultFilm #BlackFilmmakers #FanArt #MovieArt #PopArt #Drawing #ModernArt #Art

Happy Black History Month cult film fans! Continuing with my new daily portraits of some of my favorite black cult film icons. Going with the creator of the blaxploitation genre and star / director / producer of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles for today’s new piece!
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#BlackHistoryMonth #NewArt #SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong #MelvinVanPeebles #NeoNoir #Blaxploitation #IndieFilm #ExploitationFilm #BlackCinema #CultFilm #BlackFilmmakers #FanArt #MovieArt #PopArt #Drawing #Art

Watch "Shut Up and Paint," a 20-min doc directed by artist Titus Kaphar: https://vimeo.com/779982589 #TitusKaphar #BlackFilmmakers #BlackArtists

Saint Omer Trailer

Starring: Guslagie Malanga, Kayije Kagame, Valérie Dréville
Director: Alice Diop

Synopsis: Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France.

#SaintOmer #AliceDiop #BlackMastodon #Cinema #Film #GuslagieMalanga #Cinephile #BlackTwitter #BlackFilmmakers #Cinemastodon #Arts #Humanities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWw-EyrG5Sw