Black

Cinema

Collective

exploring radical
African + Afro-diasporic cinematic imaginaries

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🎬 Mississippi Masala (1991) 📽 118 mins Dir. Mira Nair The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting
🎬 Funny Valentines (1999) 📽 108 mins Dir. Julie Dash From Julie Dash, the visionary director of Daughters of the Dust, comes another bittersweet tribute to the strength of family ties amongst generations of Black women. When Manhattanite Joyce di
🎬 Dahomey (2024) 📽 68 mins Dir. Mati Diop “I did not expect to see daylight again…is this the end of my journey?” Described as a “fantasy documentary,” Atlantics director Mati Diop’s Dahomey explores Paris&rsq
🎉 Shoutout to Scott Patterson (@kojo_astronaut_ ), one of our 2024 Filmmkaer Microgrant finalists, on the completion of his film Cloud Nebula! Check out this exciting screening event at The Voxel in Baltimore, MD: From the outer reaches of space a
🎬 Black Orpheus (1959) 📽 107 mins Dir. Marcel Camus Accented with a “ravishing” bossa nova score and vibrant, rich visuals, Marcel Camus’s Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) brings the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the 2
🎬 Hoodlum (1997) 📽 130 mins Dir. Bill Duke Laurence Fishburne and Tim Roth star as rivals in this fictionalized account of a 1930s gang war between Black gangsters in Harlem, led by Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, and the Italian/Jewish mo
🎬 Rich (1983) 📽 21 mins Dir. S. Torriano Berry In this intimate character study, soon-to-be high school graduate Richard Lawson is determined to go to college and be someone. He pushes back against the forces of his inner city environment, includ