Investing in the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival is an investment in the community. Visibility for your company will be high among a diverse cross section of Seattle and King County, WA residents.
The festival offers 9 days of exposure to thoughtful audiences who carry the experience of the festival into the greater community dialogue. [...]
The April 2010 Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, an annual presentation of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle, Washington, USA invites independent film entries of any length. Genres/subject areas: narrative, documentary, children’s, youth-made movies, shorts, Lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender, animation, experimental.
Filmmakers do not have to be Black, but films should include a significant amount of [...]
The LangstonPass is an all access festival pass that gets you into all events, galas workshops and films with no hassle. With over 40 films, shorts, workshops and parties, the LangstonPass is a true bargain for your entertainment dollar.
The LangstonPass makes a perfect gift for friends, family and colleagues. Give the gift of independent films [...]
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion is a watershed event in America’s long and troubled history of slavery and racial conflict. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property is directed by Charles Burnett and tells the story of that violent confrontation and of the ways that story has been continuously re-told during the years since 1831. It is a [...]
A tender, revealing documentary about one of the most famous and popular performing artists of the 20th century. Her legendary banana belt dance created theatre history; her song “J’ai deux amours” became a classic, and her hymn. The film focuses on her life and work from a perspective that analyses images of Black people in [...]
My Father the Luo is the story of self-discovery told about two people mojojciecluowhose genetic history spans nations, race and culture. The main story line portrays the experience of Roma Ndolo of Germany, whose mother is from Poland and whose father is from Kenya. Filmed during the time of the Democratic National Convention, 2008, when Barak Obama is named a candidate for President of the United States, a parallel narrative about the candidate who has a Hawaiian mother and a Kenyan father, echoes the multicultural experience. October 15, 2009 7pm Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Ave. S.
A DIOS MOMO (Uruguay) is the magical and vivid story of Obdulio a cheerful eleven-year-old Afro-Uruguayan boy who lives with his devoted grandmother and two sisters.
The 2009 Underground Railroad Film Series continues the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center’s Afro-Latino focus, exploring the intersections between Black and Brown people in the Americas. African slaves were brought [...]
There’s a force-of-nature behind the door to Room 325 at Frankford High School in Philadelphia. Her name is Wilma Stephenson and she teaches Culinary Arts. Infamously blunt, Mrs. Stephenson runs a “boot camp” at Frankford, disciplining her students into capable chefs and responsible students. Behind her tough-talking exterior is a teacher, who cares passionately about [...]
The Underground Railroad Film Series (URFS) is the neighborhood participation component of the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival.
Each month from September through February, at various ‘safe houses’ in greater King County, the Underground Railroad Film Series partners with community groups, organizations and traditionally marginalized populations to host a screening of films by or about [...]
PROCEED AND BE BOLD
Dir. Laura Zinger
December 17, 2009 @7pm
(Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. scheduled to attend this screening)
Location: Hidmo, 2000 South Jackson Street, Seattle. Metro bus #14.
Suggested Donation $5
Kennedy will have art for sale at this event!
Perfect for holiday giving.
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is an internationally recognized printing press artist, though he would rather be referred [...]
