"Emilia Pérez" led all films with 13 Oscar nominations, but is it the film to beat? Co-hosts Bruce Miller and Terry Lipshetz discuss the nominees in the biggest categories of the 97th Academy Awards, ...
The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library ...
One famous shot in the first minutes of the film, showing reflections in a smashed snow globe, anticipates the film’s grand themes of ambition and legacy and the cracked mirror of memory. Welles ...
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...
Exploring the painful history of Palestine, this video sheds light on why liberation is essential for justice, environmental protection, and peace. Tracing events from colonial bombardments to the ...
Midway through Black History Month, it’s worth noting the relative brevity of Black film history—the very first major-studio feature to be directed by an African-American didn’t come along until 1969, ...
Grimonprez is his own eclectic mix. A cultural theorist preoccupied with mass media and fear; a fast-talking professorial ...
A major colonial grievance against King George III justifying the American Revolution was his “obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners [and] refusing to pass others to encourage ...
Sundance Film Festival features an exciting lineup of 14 films from filmmakers who identify as African American, of African descent.
specifically the role of African Americans in colonial America and in the founding of the nation. In an interview with The Virginia Gazette just a few months into his presidency, Longsworth said ...
Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. “How to Build a Library” begins in ...