Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle, WA

Photo: Santana Shelton as Opal in John Sayle’s Honeydripper.   Seattle’s annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival offers up both feature length and short films by independent film makers from around the world that portray a wide variety of Black life.  The event always attracts a very  passionate and diverse crowd, who appreciate films by and about people of African-decent [...]

“Black Eden” and “Idlewild: The Black Eden of Michigan”

“Black Eden” chronicles the history of Idlewild, one of the many American black communities founded during the aftermath of the Civil War. As Michigan’s most popular black resort, Idlewild functioned as a gathering place for African Americans and, more important, as a touchstone of black identity and culture. Benjamin C. Wilson and Lewis Walker examine [...]