African American Cinema: Yesteday, Today

“The history of the African-American Cinema is a harsh timeline of racism, repression and struggle contrasted with film scenes of boundless joy, hope and artistic spirit.” The following is a hand picked, inspirational selection of the best books on African American cinema compiled by the editors of Discover Black Heritage. Toms, Coons, Mullatoes, Mammies & [...]

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 [...]