The inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival features four days of screenings and master classes, plus a tribute to veteran filmmakers.
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Thomas Allen Harris Goes Through a Lens Darkly | PBS.Org
The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost.
Read More‘Passing for white’: how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege | The Guardian
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, a theme little seen since the likes of Show Boat and Pinky
Read MoreAretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, is dead at 76 | Vox
Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.
Read MoreReview: ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ Is a Striking Dream Vision of Race | The New York Times
HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness” is like almost nothing you’ve seen on TV before. But it begins with a kind of image you’ve seen much too often.
Read More‘They wanted to jail us all’ – Black Panthers photographer Neil Kenlock looks back | The Guardian
From beauty pageants to burned-down pubs, Neil Kenlock spent decades capturing the struggles – and victories – of black Britain. Here he relives ‘some of the best years of my life’
Read MoreThe pioneering prints of Dox Thrash | CBS New
Dox Thrash revolutionized printmaking in the 1930s.
Read MorePrince Estate Inks Deal to Distribute 35 Classic Albums | Colorlines
A new deal will allow fans to reconnect with nearly three dozen albums from Prince’s catalog.
Read MoreJazz Notes: Vision Fest, Mickey Bass, children’s jazz book | New York Amsterdam News
Little Theodore and Hazel, with instruments in hand (trumpet and harp), were off to the park to play when suddenly they ran into a sad bird that needed help.
Read MoreOverlooked No More: Amrita Sher-Gil, a Pioneer of Indian Art | The New York Times
With her paintbrush, Sher-Gil explored the sadness felt by people, especially women, in 1930s India, giving voice and validity to their experiences.
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