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Watch New Trailer for "Color Outside The Lines" - Documentary About African American Tattoo Artists
- By Monique
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- February 28, 2012 6:03 PM
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A few weeks ago, I received a new trailer for Color Outside the Lines, an engaging documentary that gives an honest voice to the history, struggles and triumphs of African-American tattoo artists. I never posted it at Shadow and Act because, well, shit happens! It goes that way sometimes; things get buried or lost and you fall a step behind in the game, but what’s important is that I have it now; and I can also say that I’ve seen an early screener of the film and nope [wags finger]…I’ll save that discussion for another day. Since then, the team behind the film, Artemus Jenkins [director] and Miya Bailey [artist | producer] have launched an official website for the film. For readers who missed my initial post on the film, check it out, HERE.
Bill Duke's "Dark Girls" Out on DVD in The Next 3 Months; "Yellow Brick Rd" & "What is A Man" In The Works
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- February 19, 2012 8:40 AM
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Bill Duke's powerful documentary tackling America's issue of 'colorism' in the African American community Dark Girls, screened at the Pan African Film Festival last night. Tambay, who attended the screening, gave us a few updates from the Q&A session after the film.
Watch Trailer: Doc "The Contradictions of Fair Hope" Explores Past & Present Rural Alabama 'Benevolent' Society (PAFF '12)
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- February 14, 2012 6:27 PM
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Trailer Watch: Doc "Pelotero" (Baseball Player), Dominican Players Try To Achieve Big League Dreams
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- January 22, 2012 8:03 PM
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Screening at Santa Barbara International Film Festival late in the month, the 72-min documentary Pelotero, directed by Guagua Productions (Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin & Jon Paley) and narrated by John Leguizamo, is set in the Dominican Republican, where some kids begin baseball training at a young age, in hopes that they make it to the big leagues and aid their families back home, where poverty is commonplace.
"Everyday Sunshine: The Story Of Fishbone" Makes Its US Television Debut Tonight On PBS
- By Cynthia Reid
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- January 22, 2012 4:11 PM
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Just a few days ago, Tambay announced the documentary that created a buzz on the film festival circuit, Everyday Sunshine: The Story Of Fishbone, would be released on dvd next month (Feb.21). Now comes word it will make its television debut tonight on the PBS series AfroPoP at 9:00pm/ET&PT (Jan.22).
"Wilmington On Fire," A Documentary Unveiling Major Massacre Of Black Township In NC With Pete Chatmon Producing, Needs Your Help
- By Cynthia Reid
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- January 19, 2012 3:06 PM
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Every now and then, I come across projects that send me on a fervent Google search for info and that was the case with filmmaker Christopher Everett's Wilmington On Fire, a documentary in development detailing a little-known, bloody massacre that took place in North Carolina in 1898.
Doc Trailer Watch: "Homecoming" Explores Identity of Teenage Kids of Foreign Workers in Israel
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- January 17, 2012 10:46 PM
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Directed by Noa Maiman and Oma Ben Dor, the Israeli documentary Homecoming, will premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the end of this month. The documentary tells the story of three teenagers, who are children of foreign workers, and were born and raised in Israel, essentially Israelis, and their journey to their parents' homelands in search of their roots.
Bounce TV Presents MLK Day Premiere of "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective"
- By Jasmin
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- January 11, 2012 4:12 PM
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Earlier today Bounce TV announced its broadcast premiere of acclaimed documentary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective this Monday, January 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET in honor of the national Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Watch Now: Melvin Van Peebles' 1998 Doc "Classified X"- A History of African American Stereotypes in Cinema
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- January 4, 2012 7:03 PM
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Melvin Van Peebles' 1998 documentary, Classified X, explores racist stereotypes of African Americans in the history of cinema, beginning with the silent film era.
Watch Now! Black Surfer Documentary "Whitewash" Narrated By Ben Harper And Black Thought Of The Roots
- By Cynthia Reid
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- December 12, 2011 12:58 PM
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We profiled the insightful, black surfer documentary Whitewash back in August and now you can watch it, courtesy of Hulu, for free. It explores the issue of race and “black consciousness” in America through the eyes and minds of black surfers.
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