Anomaly – Barack Obama’s presidency has brought conversations on racial identity to the forefront. ANOMALY is a groundbreaking documentary film that takes an insider’s look at the experiences of multiracial Americans. Through personal narratives, ANOMALY stimulates viewers to think about identity, family and community in a changing world.
The film features interviews and performances with singer/songwriter [...]
A mythopoetic odyssey exploring identity and spirituality across three generations of an African-American family. USA, East Africa and Brazil.
Astoundingly beautiful and epic in scope, That’s My Face (é minha cara) is a personal documentary offering an entire generation of African Americans a groundbreaking perspective on the maddening diasporic search for a mythic motherland. In healing [...]
Location for all April 24 screenings: Central Cinema, 1411 21st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
1:00 pm / $7 general admission or entry with all-access Langston Pass
BURN (2009, 57 mins, USA)
Director: Harold Jackson III – filmmaker will be in attendance for filmmaker talkback
Distributor: Salt2Light Productions
Seattle premiere
BURN is a documentary based on the 1921 race [...]
Special live tribute to Bill Withers, the man and the music featuring JOSIE HOWELL and UMEME in a live musical tribute to Bill Withers.
Screens with selected short “COMPTON IN C MINOR”
Screening Location: Museum of History and Industry, 2700 24th Avenue East, Seattle
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Closing night [...]
VINTAGE – Families of Value is a fantasy documentary film which intimately explores three African-American families through the eyes of lesbian and gay male siblings — two or more in the same family.
Awarded Best Documentary by the 1996 Atlanta International Film Festival and a Golden Gate by the 1996 San Francisco International Film Festival, this [...]
TAPOLOGO tells a local story with global relevance. It’s an up-beat narrative, that moves from squalor and degradation to dignity and hope. HIV infected women are portrayed as protagonists of their own healing process, not as victims.
In Tapologo, the fight against AIDS unfolds as a community project mobilizing a network of retired nurses, social workers, [...]
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 [...]
