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Belafonte: Brando helped inspire documentary film
BERLIN (AP) — U.S. civil rights activist and singer Harry Belafonte says Marlon Brando’s death was one trigger for his decision to make a documentary reflecting the events of his own life. The...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar creates classroom documentary on black history
From Huffington Post NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is helping teachers bring history alive in their classrooms. He’s produced a new documentary, “On the Shoulders of Giants,” as a learning tool that...
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Oscar win highlights plight of Africans in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Students at the Bialik-Rogozin school in a rundown Tel Aviv neighborhood have survived genocide, war and famine. But they were all smiles on Monday after learning that a...
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'Strangers No More' kids hope for Hollywood ending
From welcoming the Sabbath in the slums of south Tel Aviv today to helping win the Oscar, school principal Karen Tal is on top of the world. Her school brings together Jews, Muslims and Christians from...
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Hip-hop, Haiti and interracial love headline at Tribecca Film Fest
Created in 2001 as a way for revive lower Manhattan after the September 11th terrorist attacks, The Tribecca Film Festival is now celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. For independent filmmakers, outlets...
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Film to launch new project on Boston busing riots
BOSTON (AP) — A documentary that’s to be unveiled this week is the start of a project that aims to show that the busing riots that roiled Boston in the 1970s and stained the city’s reputation were more...
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Tribe Called Quest movie wins LA film festival award
By Casey Gane-McCalla News One LOS ANGELES — “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest” won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The...
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Spike Lee: Why I haven't made a feature film in 3 years
From The Hollywood Reporter “I haven’t made a feature film in three years,” said Lee. Lee has lately focused on documentary work with two films about post-Katrina New Orleans for HBO. But he had...
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Q-Tip explains beef with Michael Rapaport, supports film
From HipHop Wired Michael Rapaport said he was done trying to make Q-Tip happy about his Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest documentary which hits theaters tomorrow. Tip...
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'Curious Case of Curt Flood' gives baseball hero his due
“If you asked me before, ‘Would Curt Flood be the kind of guy to sue baseball?,’ I’d say ‘No.’ Until that point, I didn’t know Curt Flood really had that in him”- former teammate and Hall of Famer,...
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'Black Power Mixtape' is a time capsule of history
One of the most powerful chapters in the film The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, involves a jailhouse interview with activist Angela Davis. In her full-blown afro and 1970s-style she’s visibly...
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A documentary charts Harry Belafonte's busy life
NEW YORK (AP) — At 84, Harry Belafonte doesn’t sing publicly anymore. But today his music is no less rich or compelling than before, even delivered in the form of the spoken words he voices lyrically...
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BET's 'Curious' Cain doc confirms candidate is all style, no substance
Christmas has come early: Herman Cain is no longer pretending to run for president. It is for that reason that he has selected BET to air his final interview. A curious decision considering that...
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British film poses question: 'If you went missing, would anyone notice?'
“If you went missing, would anyone notice?” That is the question posed by the British film Dreams of a Life, which tells the story of a young British woman who lay dead in her apartment for three years...
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Laurence Fishburne narrated 'Slavery By Another Name' explores 'shameful'...
From the Los Angeles Times: “Slavery By Another Name,” a new PBS documentary, explores and upends what producers say is a widely accepted notion: that slavery in America came to a halt with the...
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Bill Duke airs dirty laundry of skin prejudice in 'Dark Girls'
“Why are we bringing our dirty laundry out in public? Because it’s stinking up the house!” These are the words of Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry, co-directors and co-producers of Dark Girls, a new...
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Bernie Mac to be the subject of new tribute documentary
From MSNBC: Comedian Bernie Mac died over three years ago, but his influence is still felt by comics and actors alike. A new documentary about the late comic, “I Ain’t Scared of You: A Tribute to...
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'Slavery by Another Name' wins praise, applause at Sundance Film Festival
The highly-anticipated PBS documentary Slavery by Another Name was incredibly well received at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie’s director, Sam Pollard, received a 2-minute long standing ovation....
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Bob Marley documentary explores man behind the legend
BERLIN (AP) — A documentary premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival aims to offer new insight into the life of reggae legend Bob Marley, against a backdrop of dozens of his songs. Director...
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Interracial relationships in the post-'Loving v. Virginia' age
Are interracial relationships inherently weird, or do we make them that way? While the majority of relationships and marriages are same race, those couples that cross racial lines are viewed as doing...
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