Free In Deed / Jake Mahaffy
Black indie directors were tapped for studio blockbusters, and some of the most interesting films about black characters were made on the margins.
What we talk about when we talk about “Black American Cinema” remains an obscure thing, even in the year of #oscarssowhite and Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight. It was a triumphant and tragic twelve months, I suppose. Black directors, those who had created their own opportunities when none were handed to them by Hollywood, emerg
Cast members pose as they arrive for the gala screening of the film “Moonlight”, on the second night of the 60th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival at Embankment Garden Cinema in London, Britain October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall
If the Oscars turn out to be “so white” again next year, it will not be for a lack of candidates.
A handful of critically acclaimed movies featuring people of color are vying for awards attention this year, ranging from a Pulitzer Prize-winning family
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