Based on a true story, Matt Ruskin’s Crown Heights documents Colin Warner’s inconceivable experience of spending 21 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. In 1980, Brooklyn police charge Colin Warner (Lakeith Stanfield), a teenage immigrant from Trinidad, with murder. Crown Heights simultaneously shows Warner’s life in prison and Carl “CK” King’s (Nnamdi Asomugha) unflinching, heroic […]
Based on a true story, Matt Ruskin’s Crown Heights documents Colin Warner’s inconceivable experience of spending 21 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.
From Dee Rees’ critically acclaimed feature narrative debut Pariah to her Emmy Award-winning Bessie, expectations are soaring high for the talented filmmaker. And with her latest feature already receiving extraordinary acclaim both from Sundance and as an Oscar contender, there’s no question that Mudbound should be on your radar. Based on Hillary Jordan’s compelling novel Mudbound and set during the Jim Crow […]
From Dee Rees’ critically acclaimed feature narrative debut ‘Pariah’ to her Emmy Award-winning ‘Bessie,’ expectations are soaring high for the talented filmmaker. And with her latest feature already receiving extraordinary acclaim both from Sundance and as an Oscar contender, there’s no question that ‘Mudbound’ should be on your radar.
A century of Jacob Lawrence calls for celebration, with today marking what would have been the painter and storyteller’s 100th birthday.
A century of Jacob Lawrence calls for celebration, with today marking what would have been the painter and storyteller’s 100th birthday. Regarded as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Lawrence was well known for his contemporary and vibrant depictions of everyday life, heavily inspired by his home in Harlem. Here, in retrospect, we […]
With its multiple motifs and metaphorical concepts, it hardly comes as a surprise that Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ has inspired a college course. “The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic” will be offered this fall at UCLA.
With its multiple motifs and metaphorical concepts, it hardly comes as a surprise that Jordan Peele’s Get Out has inspired a college course. “The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic” will be offered this fall at UCLA. Taught by My Soul to Keep author Tananarive Due, the course will dissect black horror and the cinematic history of […]
Across the Tracks, a short film by Mike Cooke, tells the story of two young African-American sisters in Georgia during the racially charged 1960s. As fair-skinned sister Ella makes the conscious decision to pass for white when her school system becomes integrated, Across the Tracks begins to examine the complexities and challenges rooted deeply in identity and […]
As fair-skinned Ella makes the conscious decision to pass for white when her school system becomes integrated, ‘Across the Tracks’ begins to examine the complexities and challenges rooted deeply in identity.