Hollywood must widen its angle -
Jerry Large -
Seattle Times staff columnist -
Danny Glover says a handful of men control what we see in movie theaters, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
He’s been urging people to get the word out about worthwhile films, tell their neighbors, get their churches to churn up an audience [...]
This is not a market festival…it’s a people festival, driven by the passion of filmmakers for their craft and audiences hungry for films outside the Hollywood machine. Audiences overwhelmingly rate this festival highly and many return year after year. “While the African American Film Festival, now in its fifth year, is marked by steady success, [...]
The Underground Railroad Film Series (URFS) is the neighborhood participation component of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center’s African American Film Festival. The URFS uses the metaphor of the Underground Railroad to represent the small, intimate community-to-community screenings that bring thoughtful context to our lives.
Beginning in September, the URFS screens independent films at [...]
DEADLINE JANUARY 16, 2009
The April 18-26, 2009 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/trans, animation, experimental.
Filmmakers do not have to be Black, but films should include [...]
