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An Industry Without... Black People (What If?)

  • By Stephanie
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  • May 24, 2013 11:38 AM
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  • 11 Comments
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YouTube Launches 1st Wave Of Paid Channels. Have You Subscribed To Any Yet? (Survey)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 24, 2013 11:12 AM
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In case you haven't already heard, YouTube is the new TV. 
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For The Love Of Movies... Can We Talk?

  • By Adam Thompson
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  • May 24, 2013 11:02 AM
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  • 22 Comments
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Nina Simone & Zoe Saldana - The Politics of COLOR

  • By Tanya Steele
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  • May 23, 2013 4:27 PM
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  • 85 Comments
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A Summer Movie Season Preview - What's On Your 'Must-See' List?

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 23, 2013 3:49 PM
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Summer doesn't officially begin until June 21, but we can agree that the summer movie season is underway, with typical fare like Star Trek Into Darkness and Iron Man 3 already raking in box office cash by the tank-load, worldwide. 
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Yet Another Extraordinary Day In Da Hood... In The UK... At The Movies

  • By Wendy Okoi-Obuli
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  • May 23, 2013 11:35 AM
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'Precious Jones' And Our 'Classist Conditioning' (Things That Make You Go Hmm)

  • By Malcolm Woodard
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  • May 23, 2013 10:50 AM
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Fade In: Minority Report

  • By Wendy Okoi-Obuli
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  • May 22, 2013 2:31 PM
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Leaving a Legacy: Black Film Movements

  • By Stephanie
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  • May 21, 2013 3:33 PM
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Impressionism, expressionism, realism, surrealism, neo soul, abstract, Bauhaus, nouvelle vague, minimalist, Dogme 95, cubism, rococo, alternative, and vérité. These, and many more, represent the schools of thought created in various art forms. For as long as humans have recognized the importance of art as a way to add dimension to our life experiences, artists have recognized the importance of art philosophy. It’s ingrained in everything we do, whether we recognize it consciously or not. Movements, styles, genre creation, however you’d like to identify them, artists have always managed to brand their work with a special stamp that makes a statement nearly as large as the work  itself.  Emerging art philosophies breathe new life into the art world all of the time and it’s essential to keep things, well, interesting. American cinema hasn’t seen a strong film movement in a while. It could definitely use one, and there’s no reason why black filmmakers can’t lead the way.
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Malcolm X Was Born Today; Watch Orlando Bagwell's Comprehensive Doc 'Malcolm X: Make It Plain' Now

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 19, 2013 12:09 PM
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Today in history... May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the 4th of 7 children, to Earl Little and Louise Norton.
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