The African American Cinema Society highlighted the work of roughly a dozen graduate and undergraduate student filmmakers on Friday. (Fin Liu / Daily Trojan) Friday was the final day of Black History ...

“Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — an X-rated film about a Black revolutionary’s survival on the run — proved a milestone of independent and African American cinema, died Sep ...

Ruffin concluded, "That's the beautiful thing about Black cinema and Black art in general ... have transformed." RELATED CONTENT: African American Film Critics Association Announces Winners of 2024 ...

But it is much better.” Washington also reminded that it was important for African American creatives to tell their stories if they felt unrepresented in cinema. It was a better alternative than ...

Titled “Pioneers of African-American Cinema,” it opened a window on a world that ran parallel to Hollywood but was decidedly separate from it. Among the discoveries for us hitherto unschooled ...

Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film, Yeelen. Malian director Souleymane Cisse poses on the sidelines of the 76th Cannes ...