Jul 10, 2023 | Entertainment, Film
Multiple filmmakers from across the country met for the last day of the Charlotte Black Film Festival. This year, the festival got a record number of submissions and showed about 150 films. “I’ve learned so much about how to create opportunities as an indy filmmaker...
Jul 3, 2023 | Entertainment, Film
One of the largest events in the Carolinas that promotes Black artists in the film industry, the Charlotte Black Film Festival, will return for its 13th year from July 6-9. The festival attracts cinephiles and creatives alike during four days of film screenings,...
Apr 17, 2023 | Detroit, Entertainment, Film
Cooking while incarcerated, Black landmarks in cinema, and Mary Tyler Moore’s barrier-breaking career will be among the many topics explored under the lens of documentary film this April 26-30 in Detroit. Visitors to the tenth annual documentary-based Freep Film...
Dec 19, 2022 | Design, Film, Women
Ruth E. Carter made history with Black Panther. The celebrated costume designer helped bring the nation of Wakanda to life in 2018, blending superhero spectacle with real-life African tradition. Her innovative, Afrofuturist vision nabbed her the...
Dec 12, 2022 | Entertainment, Film, Music
If they’re good, music documentaries can serve as a time machine — an immersive experience that transports the viewer back to the magic of another era, where the soundtrack envelops you, and an artist who has left this mortal coil returns for 90 minutes or so to...
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