Tag: black experience
A Time For Burning
Unsparingly honest, A TIME FOR BURNING packs a mighty wallop with its excruciatingly up-close treatment of race issues in a typical white, middle-class church at the pinnacle of the Civil Rights Movement.
Passin' It On
A gritty and soulful classic film, PASSIN’ IT ON is the story of one man in search of justice who is wronged by the nation with which he is at odds. Part indictment, part redemption [...]
On the Downlow
In this artful and thought-provoking film, highly regarded experimental filmmaker Abigail Child follows four young African American men in urban Cleveland, Ohio, who all live life “on the downlow” (the DL), uncomfortable with being termed gay as it doesn’t correspond with their concept of Black masculinity.
On The Road With Duke Ellington
Filmed just six years before Duke Ellington’s death and at the peak of his career, ON THE ROAD WITH DUKE ELLINGTON serves as perhaps the most revealing and intimate portrait of the artist ever recorded. [...]
Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
This explosive film reopens the case on America’s most “celebrated” death row inmate, fearlessly exposing a broken justice system that has confined Mumia Abu-Jamal to prison for over 25 years. MUMIA ABU-JAMAL: A CASE FOR [...]
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba
The indisputable founding father of “bebop,” Dizzy Gillespie remains one of the most recognizable and popular figures in jazz history. During his heyday in the 1940s, Dizzy was one of the first American jazz musicians [...]
John Lee Hooker: That's My Story
A teenage runaway who never went to school, John Lee Hooker had trouble spelling his name, even into his eighties. But, despite these humble beginnings, John Lee Hooker is today considered one of the most [...]