The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and O Cinema will work with Magnolia Pictures to make “I Am Not Your Negro,” “Whose Streets?” and “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” available to watch for free.
The effort comes in the wake of protests that are sweeping across the U.S., as tens of thousands of people have assembled in the streets to call attention to police brutality and systemic racism. They have been motivated to speak out because of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. The three films, which focus on influential Civil Rights leaders and Black thinkers such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, as well as issues of social injustice, could not be more topical.
Starting on June 7, the film will be available in eight cities through community partners. The cities include Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Detroit, Michigan; Macon, Georgia; Miami,...
The effort comes in the wake of protests that are sweeping across the U.S., as tens of thousands of people have assembled in the streets to call attention to police brutality and systemic racism. They have been motivated to speak out because of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. The three films, which focus on influential Civil Rights leaders and Black thinkers such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, as well as issues of social injustice, could not be more topical.
Starting on June 7, the film will be available in eight cities through community partners. The cities include Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Detroit, Michigan; Macon, Georgia; Miami,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In eight short years, Philadelphia’s BlackStar Film Festival has become a major celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora, as well as of global communities of color. With a lineup primarily composed of short films and feature-length debuts, it’s also a major window into emerging talent.
Founder Maori Karmael Holmes and her team have built a can’t-miss showcase and audiences are turning out. The festival sold close to 14,000 tickets for this year’s event, a marked increase from the roughly 1,500 during its first year. Dubbed by some members of its community as “the black Sundance,” the nickname speaks to its ambitions. But Holmes said they have a long way to go, speaking to the broader challenges facing black film culture in America.
“I understand why they’re calling us that, but I don’t really know what to do with it,” said Holmes about the label.
Founder Maori Karmael Holmes and her team have built a can’t-miss showcase and audiences are turning out. The festival sold close to 14,000 tickets for this year’s event, a marked increase from the roughly 1,500 during its first year. Dubbed by some members of its community as “the black Sundance,” the nickname speaks to its ambitions. But Holmes said they have a long way to go, speaking to the broader challenges facing black film culture in America.
“I understand why they’re calling us that, but I don’t really know what to do with it,” said Holmes about the label.
- 8/1/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Audience award for best feature went to Billy Corben’s documentary Screwball.
Birds Of Passage by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra has won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award at the 36th Miami Film Festival.
The filmmakers’ Ciudad Lunar Productions will split the festival’s top jury prize with the film’s Us distributor The Orchard, which will distribute the film in select markets including Miami on March 15.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the award is presented to the film “that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future”. The Audience Award for Best Feature went...
Birds Of Passage by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra has won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award at the 36th Miami Film Festival.
The filmmakers’ Ciudad Lunar Productions will split the festival’s top jury prize with the film’s Us distributor The Orchard, which will distribute the film in select markets including Miami on March 15.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the award is presented to the film “that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future”. The Audience Award for Best Feature went...
- 3/11/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Birds of Passage, Colombia's latest Oscar bid, has topped the 36th edition of the Miami Film Festival.
The stunning epic on the origins of the Colombian narcotics trade, directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award, which will be split between Colombia's Ciudad Lunar Productions and the film's U.S. distributor The Orchard, which is set to release the film theatrically in select markets, including in Miami, beginning Friday.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the prize is given to the film "that best exemplifies richness and ...
The stunning epic on the origins of the Colombian narcotics trade, directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award, which will be split between Colombia's Ciudad Lunar Productions and the film's U.S. distributor The Orchard, which is set to release the film theatrically in select markets, including in Miami, beginning Friday.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the prize is given to the film "that best exemplifies richness and ...
Birds of Passage, Colombia's latest Oscar bid, has topped the 36th edition of the Miami Film Festival.
The stunning epic on the origins of the Colombian narcotics trade, directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award, which will be split between Colombia's Ciudad Lunar Productions and the film's U.S. distributor The Orchard, which is set to release the film theatrically in select markets, including in Miami, beginning Friday.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the prize is given to the film "that best exemplifies richness and ...
The stunning epic on the origins of the Colombian narcotics trade, directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, won the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award, which will be split between Colombia's Ciudad Lunar Productions and the film's U.S. distributor The Orchard, which is set to release the film theatrically in select markets, including in Miami, beginning Friday.
Sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the prize is given to the film "that best exemplifies richness and ...
For all the damage that Facebook has done to journalism in recent years – getting rich in part by trafficking billions of dollars in journalistic output for which it paid virtually nothing; that "fake news" kerfuffle and accompanying election manipulation by Russian operatives; even hiring those oppo research jerks who claimed company critics were anti-Semitic while simultaneously saying others were backed by George Soros, anti-Semites' favorite punching bag – the Mess That Mark Zuckerberg Built is finally doing something a little bit right.
Giving Tuesday and NewsMatch are bright spots in Facebook's news feed.
I'm talking about Giving Tuesday, which happens Nov. 27, and NewsMatch, one of its notable offspring. Giving Tuesday launched in 2012, the brainchild of Manhattan-based 92Y as a way to refocus people after Black Friday and Cyber Monday back onto the holiday season's true spirit of generosity and care for others.
Giving Tuesday will benefit "countless" nonprofits serving a dizzying...
Giving Tuesday and NewsMatch are bright spots in Facebook's news feed.
I'm talking about Giving Tuesday, which happens Nov. 27, and NewsMatch, one of its notable offspring. Giving Tuesday launched in 2012, the brainchild of Manhattan-based 92Y as a way to refocus people after Black Friday and Cyber Monday back onto the holiday season's true spirit of generosity and care for others.
Giving Tuesday will benefit "countless" nonprofits serving a dizzying...
- 11/27/2018
- by David Bloom
- Tubefilter.com
American Documentary (AmDoc), the producing company of the PBS series “POV,” has launched a new granting program today that will serve as an emergency fund to help filmmakers who face sudden and unforeseen calamities, such as health issues, eviction, or disasters. The program is being called the Artist Emergency Fund and was created as a direct response to concerns about career sustainability of those working in nonfiction, especially emerging filmmakers and those from underrepresented communities.
“For too many documentary filmmakers, a simple trip to the emergency room can mean years of mounting medical bills,” said Justine Nagan, executive producer/executive director of Pov/ American Documentary. “Our aim is to make AmDoc as supportive to filmmakers as possible, while also helping build a more inclusive industry that supports the most vulnerable among us. This type of grant program is common in other artistic disciplines, and it seemed time for filmmakers to have a safety net.
“For too many documentary filmmakers, a simple trip to the emergency room can mean years of mounting medical bills,” said Justine Nagan, executive producer/executive director of Pov/ American Documentary. “Our aim is to make AmDoc as supportive to filmmakers as possible, while also helping build a more inclusive industry that supports the most vulnerable among us. This type of grant program is common in other artistic disciplines, and it seemed time for filmmakers to have a safety net.
- 6/8/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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