The Pan-African Film Festival

The 2009 National Black Arts Festival will open in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 29 and run through August 2. A featured part of the festival includes the Pan-African Film Festival. Highlights include a retrospective with Robert Townsend on July 30, a screening of Gospel Hill on July 31, and a screening of Medicine [...]

Eagerly Awaiting: Good Hair

Given all the issue black women have their hair, I am eagerly awaiting the new Chris Rock documentary Good Hair which is supposed to be released in October. Take a look at this video of Rock talking about the movie which premiered at Sundance.

Do The Right Thing–20 Years Later

In the summer of 1989, the world was treated to a signature Spike Lee Joint–the intensive, reflective, reflexive, and powerful Do The Right Thing. This past Saturday night, Atlanta celebrated the 20th anniversary of this iconic film with a screening at the legendary Fox Theater, followed by a Q&A with Spike, producer Monty Ross, [...]