Barbara O. Jones, the admired actress who emerged from the L.A. Rebellion movement of Black filmmakers at UCLA in the 1970s to star in Haile Gerima’s Bush Mama and Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust, has died. She was 82.
Jones died Tuesday at her home in Dayton, Ohio, her brother, Raymond Minor, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“Rest In Peace & Power,” Dash wrote on Instagram.
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For Gerima, Jones portrayed an imprisoned woman fighting for social justice in the 36-minute short film Child of Resistance (1973) — the character was inspired by activist Angela Davis — and a welfare recipient in Watts who undergoes an ideological transformation in the filmmaker’s feature debut, Bush Mama (1979). Both films were made at UCLA.
Jones starred as a Ugandan nun questioning her faith in Dash’s 13-minute student film Diary of an...
Jones died Tuesday at her home in Dayton, Ohio, her brother, Raymond Minor, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“Rest In Peace & Power,” Dash wrote on Instagram.
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For Gerima, Jones portrayed an imprisoned woman fighting for social justice in the 36-minute short film Child of Resistance (1973) — the character was inspired by activist Angela Davis — and a welfare recipient in Watts who undergoes an ideological transformation in the filmmaker’s feature debut, Bush Mama (1979). Both films were made at UCLA.
Jones starred as a Ugandan nun questioning her faith in Dash’s 13-minute student film Diary of an...
- 4/18/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Charles Burnett is best known for his landmark portraits of Black American life, from the aching neorealism of “Killer of Sheep” to the mordant mysticism of “To Sleep with Anger,” his films aim to depict the broken contract the country made with its African American citizens in the aftermath of World War II.
His lesser-known masterpiece “My Brother’s Wedding,” however, is emblematic of a different continuum running through Burnett’s films: the theme of becoming.
An intimate window into early ’80s Los Angeles, where confluences of Black Southern roots were still trying to flower in a hostile urban environment — “My Brother’s Wedding” is a heated tale about the perils of upward mobility, the rising drug epidemic, and the tight alliance shared by two Black men, Pierce (Everett Silas) and Soldier (Ronnie Bell), the latter of whom has just been released from prison as the film begins.
Young and proudly working-class,...
His lesser-known masterpiece “My Brother’s Wedding,” however, is emblematic of a different continuum running through Burnett’s films: the theme of becoming.
An intimate window into early ’80s Los Angeles, where confluences of Black Southern roots were still trying to flower in a hostile urban environment — “My Brother’s Wedding” is a heated tale about the perils of upward mobility, the rising drug epidemic, and the tight alliance shared by two Black men, Pierce (Everett Silas) and Soldier (Ronnie Bell), the latter of whom has just been released from prison as the film begins.
Young and proudly working-class,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Robert Daniels
- Indiewire
Ava DuVernay’s arts and social collective Array has announced its slate of summer programming, including an actor’s masterclass taught by Emmy winner Niecy Nash-Betts, a cinematic celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat and the debut of two new commissioned projects from Array’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (Leap).
The summer lineup is curated by Array’s SVP of public programming, Mercedes Cooper, and in keeping with the Array’s mission of “igniting social change through the cinematic arts,” all events are free to the public.
“Array’s focus on instigating narrative change through our non-profit Array Alliance allows us to gather audiences around issues aligned with our core mission and everyday work,” said Cooper in a statement announcing the lineup.
“With film and art as the doorway, this summer’s programs invite conversations around otherness, authority and privilege, love and loss, as well as Black masculinity,” she continued. “Our ongoing...
The summer lineup is curated by Array’s SVP of public programming, Mercedes Cooper, and in keeping with the Array’s mission of “igniting social change through the cinematic arts,” all events are free to the public.
“Array’s focus on instigating narrative change through our non-profit Array Alliance allows us to gather audiences around issues aligned with our core mission and everyday work,” said Cooper in a statement announcing the lineup.
“With film and art as the doorway, this summer’s programs invite conversations around otherness, authority and privilege, love and loss, as well as Black masculinity,” she continued. “Our ongoing...
- 6/1/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
In a major shift one of the nation’s premier arthouses, Karen Cooper will be exiting as director on June 30 after 50 years running the Film Forum in New York City. Deputy Director Sonya Chung will assume the role.
Cooper has led the nonprofit cinema since its first iteration in 1972 as a 50-seat loft space on the Upper West Side open only weekends, to a multi-million dollar operation with four screens and 500 seats in lower Manhattan. She’ll remain an advisor to Chung with a focus on programming premieres and fundraising
“To say this is a transitional moment would be a vast understatement – for virtually all of its history, Film Forum has been energetically and most ably guided by Karen, not least during the very challenging pandemic period from which we are emerging. My board colleagues and I are extremely grateful for her tenure, and excited that in Sonya we have...
Cooper has led the nonprofit cinema since its first iteration in 1972 as a 50-seat loft space on the Upper West Side open only weekends, to a multi-million dollar operation with four screens and 500 seats in lower Manhattan. She’ll remain an advisor to Chung with a focus on programming premieres and fundraising
“To say this is a transitional moment would be a vast understatement – for virtually all of its history, Film Forum has been energetically and most ably guided by Karen, not least during the very challenging pandemic period from which we are emerging. My board colleagues and I are extremely grateful for her tenure, and excited that in Sonya we have...
- 1/9/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing has partnered with JetBlue on an exclusive in-flight pop-up channel, offering a curated selection of 12 independent features from artists of color and women directors.
The films will be accompanied by a special video introduction from DuVernay, debuting across select JetBlue aircraft on December 1. The in-flight partnership is the first for Array, which has acquired and distributed more than 40 independent features since 2011.
“Over the years, I’ve experienced transformative moments by watching films while flying. Something about the intimacy of being in the air as stories unfold has always appealed to me,” shared DuVernay. “We launched Array Releasing in 2011 as a way to connect audiences with indie cinema made by underrepresented filmmakers. Our hope is that JetBlue travelers will sit back and enjoy the magic of these films, exploring new visions and new voices while in the majesty of mid-air.”
“We are thrilled to take Array...
The films will be accompanied by a special video introduction from DuVernay, debuting across select JetBlue aircraft on December 1. The in-flight partnership is the first for Array, which has acquired and distributed more than 40 independent features since 2011.
“Over the years, I’ve experienced transformative moments by watching films while flying. Something about the intimacy of being in the air as stories unfold has always appealed to me,” shared DuVernay. “We launched Array Releasing in 2011 as a way to connect audiences with indie cinema made by underrepresented filmmakers. Our hope is that JetBlue travelers will sit back and enjoy the magic of these films, exploring new visions and new voices while in the majesty of mid-air.”
“We are thrilled to take Array...
- 12/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Indie filmmakers who are women and directors from the global majority will now have access to a new level of audience — literally.
Ava DuVernay’s distribution vehicle Array Releasing has partnered with JetBlue to launch a pop-up in-flight channel that will screen a dozen Array features.
“Over the years, I’ve experienced transformative moments by watching films while flying. Something about the intimacy of being in the air as stories unfold has always appealed to me,” DuVernay said in a statement. “We launched Array Releasing in 2011 as a way to connect audiences with indie cinema made by underrepresented filmmakers. Our hope is that JetBlue travelers will sit back and enjoy the magic of these films, exploring new visions and new voices while in the majesty of mid-air.”
Available starting today Thursday, each film will be preceded by a short video featuring DuVernay giving...
Indie filmmakers who are women and directors from the global majority will now have access to a new level of audience — literally.
Ava DuVernay’s distribution vehicle Array Releasing has partnered with JetBlue to launch a pop-up in-flight channel that will screen a dozen Array features.
“Over the years, I’ve experienced transformative moments by watching films while flying. Something about the intimacy of being in the air as stories unfold has always appealed to me,” DuVernay said in a statement. “We launched Array Releasing in 2011 as a way to connect audiences with indie cinema made by underrepresented filmmakers. Our hope is that JetBlue travelers will sit back and enjoy the magic of these films, exploring new visions and new voices while in the majesty of mid-air.”
Available starting today Thursday, each film will be preceded by a short video featuring DuVernay giving...
- 12/1/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser-known films is a recommendation for a distinctive early 90s drama about slavery
I first saw Sankofa fifteen years ago, as part of a college course on the African diaspora. For years after, I would bring it up any chance I got, which wasn’t often, since in all that time, I never met anyone outside of that classroom who had even heard of it. Unlike any number of other forgotten masterpieces, the film was never that hard to track down – you could purchase a VHS or DVD copy with relative ease, and there were versions of it to stream if you knew where to look (the legality of said streams is another matter) – yet, until very recently, it remained largely unknown outside of Black academic/sociopolitical circles (who by no means should be discounted).
Although it earned unanimous acclaim, as well as several awards,...
I first saw Sankofa fifteen years ago, as part of a college course on the African diaspora. For years after, I would bring it up any chance I got, which wasn’t often, since in all that time, I never met anyone outside of that classroom who had even heard of it. Unlike any number of other forgotten masterpieces, the film was never that hard to track down – you could purchase a VHS or DVD copy with relative ease, and there were versions of it to stream if you knew where to look (the legality of said streams is another matter) – yet, until very recently, it remained largely unknown outside of Black academic/sociopolitical circles (who by no means should be discounted).
Although it earned unanimous acclaim, as well as several awards,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Zach Vasquez
- The Guardian - Film News
To celebrate Black history month, Ava DuVernay’s indie distribution, arts and advocacy collective Array has produced “28 Days of ‘Sankofa,'” an event series where select cinemas, universities and festival locations throughout the U.S. are screening Ethiopian director Haile Gerima’s “Sankofa” for free, one screening for each day of February. In addition, Array created a free learning companion designed to help viewers process the weight of what they’re watching.
Gerima is best known as one of the leading members of the L.A. Rebellion, which was a movement of artists who studied film at UCLA from the late 1960s to early 1980s. Along with figures like Julie Dash and Charles Burnett, Gerima made a name for himself with movies that provided a Black alternative to the style of classical Hollywood. “Sankofa,” which was nominated for the coveted Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival in...
Gerima is best known as one of the leading members of the L.A. Rebellion, which was a movement of artists who studied film at UCLA from the late 1960s to early 1980s. Along with figures like Julie Dash and Charles Burnett, Gerima made a name for himself with movies that provided a Black alternative to the style of classical Hollywood. “Sankofa,” which was nominated for the coveted Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival in...
- 2/18/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
For me, Black History Month is best illustrated by my 92-year-old grandmother Ella Queen Johnson’s recall of our family stories. She shares these stories knowing that the wider world lacks a true and full recognition of the African American family legacy. For most of her long life, she has known that she should not look for depth and dimension in film and television as it relates to families like ours. This is the very reason why she told our history to us herself. My grandmother is a dynamic woman who is not formally trained as a teacher or a historian, but nonetheless, she is both. I am drawn to distributing films created by indie Black filmmakers through Array as a continuation of her calling. By supporting storytellers in the telling of their truths, I am celebrating a great legacy and making my grandmother proud.
I was a young girl...
I was a young girl...
- 2/10/2022
- by Tilane Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Revisiting last year's introduction when putting together 2021's favorites, it is with a shock to realize how little has changed in the wildly disrupted world of cinema under the shroud of the pandemic. The urge to copy-and-paste the whole shebang is quite tempting indeed.What can we say about this year, 2021? We got a little more used to long-term instability. Cinemas and festivals re-opened, only for some to close again. We, like many, ventured carefully out into the world to finally see films again with audiences, all kinds: nervous ones, uproarious ones, spartan ones, and delighted ones. It was an experience both anxious and joyous. We also doubled down on the challenges, but also the pleasures, of home viewing: of virtual cinemas and virtual festivals, of straight to streaming premieres, of trying to capture a social joy in semi-isolation by connecting with others over experiences shared and disparate.The long...
- 12/27/2021
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Dean Stockwell in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986)The actor Dean Stockwell, remembered for his performances in films like The Boy with the Green Hair (1948), Paris, Texas (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), and many more, has died at the age of 85. As Sheila O'Malley mentions in her tribute, Stockwell's career was marked by numerous disappearances. He didn't always love acting, but "he lived long enough to be able to not just appreciate but feel the love that people had for him, the way audiences fell in love with him for 70 years." A newly discovered memoir by Paul Newman will be published next year by Knopf. Based on Newman's conversations with screenwriter Stewart Stern, the book aims to tell the legendary actor's story in his own words. Following the exit of Robert Pattinson and Taron Egerton, Joe Alwyn...
- 11/10/2021
- MUBI
Haile Gerima (left) on the set of Harvest: 3,000 YearsWhen I first approached Haile Gerima to talk with me about his work two years ago, he declined. I had been eager to talk with him, the uncompromisingly independent artist behind narrative films like Harvest 3,000 Years (1975), Bush Mama (1979), and Sankofa (1993). But I told him I respected his decision, and we kept in touch over email. He appreciated that I persisted, and later mailed me copies of Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000 (1979), After Winter: Sterling Brown (1985), and Imperfect Journey (1994), his virtually inaccessible documentaries. I’d sit with these films for years before the prospect of an interview with Gerima came up again. No stranger to the power of waiting or to the power of “no,” he had turned down numerous opportunities to restore or distribute his films with third parties, brooking no creative compromise. Finally, he yielded to an elaborate retrospective at the Academy Museum,...
- 11/5/2021
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: M. Night Shyamalan on the set of Old (2021). Berlinale has announced that the one and only M. Night Shyamalan will serve as the Jury President for the festival's 2022 edition. In a statement, Shyamalan said: "I have always felt like an independent filmmaker within the system of Hollywood. It is exactly those things in us that are different and unorthodox that define our voice. I have tried to maintain these things in myself and cheer others on to protect those aspects in their art and in themselves. Being asked to be a part of Berlinale is deeply meaningful to me. It represents the highest imprimatur for a filmmaker. Being able to support and celebrate the world’s very best talent in storytelling is a gift I happily accepted.”David Fincher is partnering with Netflix...
- 10/20/2021
- MUBI
“We are questioning a canon and creating a canon.”
Thus did Doris Berger, senior director of curatorial affairs at the Academy Museum, explain when asked by Sharon Rosen Leib of The Forward why Jews had what seemed to her a disconcertingly small place in this new shrine to the movies.
The exchange was reported in an October 14 piece entitled: “Jews built Hollywood. So why is their history erased from the Academy’s new museum?”
In truth, Jews and their work have an inevitable presence throughout the museum, though their contribution doesn’t get a tribute on the order of those afforded Haile Gerima, Hayao Miyazaki, Sophia Loren, Satyajit Ray or Jane Campion. Billy Wilder, Michael Curtiz, King Vidor, Howard Koch and other Jewish filmmakers certainly make appearances.
Moreover, the museum seems to promise something for almost everyone over time.
“The Academy Museum is deeply committed to presenting a holistic and...
Thus did Doris Berger, senior director of curatorial affairs at the Academy Museum, explain when asked by Sharon Rosen Leib of The Forward why Jews had what seemed to her a disconcertingly small place in this new shrine to the movies.
The exchange was reported in an October 14 piece entitled: “Jews built Hollywood. So why is their history erased from the Academy’s new museum?”
In truth, Jews and their work have an inevitable presence throughout the museum, though their contribution doesn’t get a tribute on the order of those afforded Haile Gerima, Hayao Miyazaki, Sophia Loren, Satyajit Ray or Jane Campion. Billy Wilder, Michael Curtiz, King Vidor, Howard Koch and other Jewish filmmakers certainly make appearances.
Moreover, the museum seems to promise something for almost everyone over time.
“The Academy Museum is deeply committed to presenting a holistic and...
- 10/19/2021
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Fox Maxy's Maat Means Land (2020) MoMA has announced the lineup and schedule for “To The Lighthouse,” a thrilling carte blanche program by curator Mark McElhatten featuring new films by Nathaniel Dorsky, Ernie Gehr, Jodie Mack, Dani and Sheilah ReStack, and more, along with older films by Rivette, Joseph H. Lewis, Claire Denis, and Marguerite Duras.An essential annual list, Filmmaker Magazine's 25 new faces of film for 2021 includes Kate Gondwe (the founder of Dezda Films), filmmaker Fox Maxy, Omnes Films (the collective behind Tyler Taormina's Ham on Rye), and others. A24 and Emma Stone’s production company, Fruit Tree Banner, have come together to back Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw The TV Glow. The film, a follow-up to Schoenbrun's debut from this year, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, follows...
- 10/13/2021
- MUBI
Memories of my childhood buzz with the sounds of my mother’s voice, calling me in her mother’s tongue. Adwoa, she cried from the bedroom when she wanted to summon me. Maame adwoa, she cooed when I, distraught for one reason or another, needed comforting. Adowa, she warned, usually in public, when she sensed mischief on the horizon.
I rarely encounter my mother’s tongue — I call it Twi, others Akan — in public, but when I do, it always comes as a surprise. I catch individual words or fragments of conversations as one would fireflies on a muggy summer night. Awuarde comes to ...
I rarely encounter my mother’s tongue — I call it Twi, others Akan — in public, but when I do, it always comes as a surprise. I catch individual words or fragments of conversations as one would fireflies on a muggy summer night. Awuarde comes to ...
- 9/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Academy Museum celebrated its long-awaited opening with a star-studded gala that included guests such as Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman and Spike Lee, while Tom Hanks and Sophia Loren were among the icons receiving honors Saturday night.
The Opening Gala, co-chaired by Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay, and Ryan Murphy, comes amid a week of festivities culminating in the museum’s public opening on Sept. 30.
The gala included DuVernay presenting the inaugural Vantage Award to Sankofa director Haile Gerima; Ted Sarandos presented Sophia Loren with the inaugural Visionary Award. Bob Iger, Annette Bening, and Hanks were also recognized with the ...
The Opening Gala, co-chaired by Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay, and Ryan Murphy, comes amid a week of festivities culminating in the museum’s public opening on Sept. 30.
The gala included DuVernay presenting the inaugural Vantage Award to Sankofa director Haile Gerima; Ted Sarandos presented Sophia Loren with the inaugural Visionary Award. Bob Iger, Annette Bening, and Hanks were also recognized with the ...
- 9/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Academy Museum celebrated its long-awaited opening with a star-studded gala that included guests such as Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman and Spike Lee, while Tom Hanks and Sophia Loren were among the icons receiving honors Saturday night.
The Opening Gala, co-chaired by Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay, and Ryan Murphy, comes amid a week of festivities culminating in the museum’s public opening on Sept. 30.
The gala included DuVernay presenting the inaugural Vantage Award to Sankofa director Haile Gerima; Ted Sarandos presented Sophia Loren with the inaugural Visionary Award. Bob Iger, Annette Bening, and Hanks were also recognized with the ...
The Opening Gala, co-chaired by Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay, and Ryan Murphy, comes amid a week of festivities culminating in the museum’s public opening on Sept. 30.
The gala included DuVernay presenting the inaugural Vantage Award to Sankofa director Haile Gerima; Ted Sarandos presented Sophia Loren with the inaugural Visionary Award. Bob Iger, Annette Bening, and Hanks were also recognized with the ...
- 9/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s not the Oscars, but it certainly looks like it. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is holding its opening gala tonight, Sept. 25, with a guest list that includes Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Regina King, Kristen Stewart, Nicole Kidman, Cher, Queen Latifah, Angela Bassett, Kate Hudson, Spike Lee, Patty Jenkins, Tiffany Haddish and so many more.
The evening, co-chaired by Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, is honoring Sophia Loren and filmmaker Haile Gerima. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are also being recognized for their fundraising efforts for the museum.
Designed by world renowned architect Renzo Piano, the museum is located on the Lacma campus on Wilshire and Fairfax and opens to the public on Sept. 30. At a press preview just days before the gala, museum director and president Bill Kramer said he was hopeful that the 300,000-square-foot complex would become “an instant landmark … a must-see...
The evening, co-chaired by Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, is honoring Sophia Loren and filmmaker Haile Gerima. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are also being recognized for their fundraising efforts for the museum.
Designed by world renowned architect Renzo Piano, the museum is located on the Lacma campus on Wilshire and Fairfax and opens to the public on Sept. 30. At a press preview just days before the gala, museum director and president Bill Kramer said he was hopeful that the 300,000-square-foot complex would become “an instant landmark … a must-see...
- 9/26/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Kenneth Branagh's Belfast.The Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close, with Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical drama Belfast claiming the TIFF People’s Choice Award and Kamila Andini's coming-of-age film Yuni taking home the Platform Prize. Hot off of last year's Tenet, Christopher Nolan has made a deal with Universal to back his next film, which is centered on the theoretical physicist and one of the "fathers of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer. The deal marks the end of Nolan's lengthy working relationship with Warner Bros. and gives the auteur "total creative control, at least a 100-day theatrical window, around a $100 million budget, equal marketing spend, 20 percent of first-dollar gross, and a blackout period where the studio would not release another movie for three weeks before and after the feature.
- 9/22/2021
- MUBI
The Urbanworld Film Festival is set to mark its 25th anniversary with a star-studded hybrid event featuring Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay; “Wu-Tang: An American Saga’s” RZA and Shameik Moore; “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green and star Aunjanue Ellis; “Power Book III: Raising Kanan’s” Patina Miller; “Sankofa” filmmaker Haile Gerima and more.
The 2021 edition of the film festival will be presented virtually with on urbanworld.org, running from Sept. 29-Oct. 3, with select in-person events held at Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, Chelsea at 260 West 23rd Street in New York. Presented by founding partner HBO and prestige partners WarnerMedia and Ally, the festival officially unveiled its slate of more than 88 official selections, panels and conversations.
A longtime supporter of and participant in the Urbanworld lineup, DuVernay will be on hand for multiple special events with the Netflix series “Colin in Black & White” featured among the virtual spotlight presentations at the fest.
The 2021 edition of the film festival will be presented virtually with on urbanworld.org, running from Sept. 29-Oct. 3, with select in-person events held at Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, Chelsea at 260 West 23rd Street in New York. Presented by founding partner HBO and prestige partners WarnerMedia and Ally, the festival officially unveiled its slate of more than 88 official selections, panels and conversations.
A longtime supporter of and participant in the Urbanworld lineup, DuVernay will be on hand for multiple special events with the Netflix series “Colin in Black & White” featured among the virtual spotlight presentations at the fest.
- 9/21/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Ava DuVernay and her Array Releasing company are putting out a brand-new 4K restoration of legendary Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima's "Sankofa," a groundbreaking 1993 film set around the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the powerful resistance of a group of enslaved Africans in the American South. The re-release is landing on Netflix this coming Friday, September 24, as the streamer has put out all of Array's releases since 2016. If the mise en scène rings familiar to you, it could be because the recent Janelle Monáe horror movie "Antebellum" took a page or 10 from "Sankofa," which along with...
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- 9/21/2021
- by Max Evry
- Slash Film
Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing has launched the trailer for its 4K restoration of Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima’s landmark 1993 film Sankofa, which is set to release on Netflix across various territories on Sept. 24.
The feature — described by DuVernay as a “boundary-pushing and transformative film about the untold history of Black resistance” — was developed from 20 years of research into the transatlantic trade of enslaved African people. It follows Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano), a Black American fashion model who undergoes a journey back in time to a plantation in North America. It originally bowed at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival ...
The feature — described by DuVernay as a “boundary-pushing and transformative film about the untold history of Black resistance” — was developed from 20 years of research into the transatlantic trade of enslaved African people. It follows Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano), a Black American fashion model who undergoes a journey back in time to a plantation in North America. It originally bowed at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival ...
- 9/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing has launched the trailer for its 4K restoration of Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima’s landmark 1993 film Sankofa, which is set to release on Netflix across various territories on Sept. 24.
The feature — described by DuVernay as a “boundary-pushing and transformative film about the untold history of Black resistance” — was developed from 20 years of research into the transatlantic trade of enslaved African people. It follows Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano), a Black American fashion model who undergoes a journey back in time to a plantation in North America. It originally bowed at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival ...
The feature — described by DuVernay as a “boundary-pushing and transformative film about the untold history of Black resistance” — was developed from 20 years of research into the transatlantic trade of enslaved African people. It follows Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano), a Black American fashion model who undergoes a journey back in time to a plantation in North America. It originally bowed at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival ...
- 9/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Leading US genre festival Beyond Fest has set a slate of programming comprising 39 features ahead of its return to theaters between September 29 and October 11.
The festival will open with the West Coast premiere of Julia Ducornau’s Palme d’Or Winner Titane, which will be screened from a never-before-seen 35mm print. The fest is also presenting the US premiere of David Gordon Green’s anticipated Blumhouse slasher, Halloween Kills—the 12th chapter in the iconic Halloween franchise, which had its world premiere in Venice.
Other major festival titles screening are Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes horror pic Lamb, and Gaspar Noé’s Vortex. V/H/S 94, The Black Phone, Earwig, Travelling Light, South of Heaven, The Seed, The Feast, The Banquet are also on the lineup.
As part of its Icons of Cinema series, the festival will also present screenings of past films from Michael Mann (Collateral and Thief), Udo Kier...
The festival will open with the West Coast premiere of Julia Ducornau’s Palme d’Or Winner Titane, which will be screened from a never-before-seen 35mm print. The fest is also presenting the US premiere of David Gordon Green’s anticipated Blumhouse slasher, Halloween Kills—the 12th chapter in the iconic Halloween franchise, which had its world premiere in Venice.
Other major festival titles screening are Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes horror pic Lamb, and Gaspar Noé’s Vortex. V/H/S 94, The Black Phone, Earwig, Travelling Light, South of Heaven, The Seed, The Feast, The Banquet are also on the lineup.
As part of its Icons of Cinema series, the festival will also present screenings of past films from Michael Mann (Collateral and Thief), Udo Kier...
- 9/16/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will keep the Piper-Heidsieck champagne flowing at the upcoming events to celebrate the opening of the anticipated Academy Museum in Los Angeles. The French house will serve as the exclusive champagne partner of three events as part of its long-term partnership with the Academy, currently in its seventh year.
Piper-Heidsieck’s Rare Rosé Millésime 2007 and Rare Brut Millésime 2006 will be poured during the opening gala on Sept. 25, at which museum co-chairs Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay and Ryan Murphy will honor filmmaker Haile Gerima, Sophia Loren and Academy Museum fundraising campaign ...
Piper-Heidsieck’s Rare Rosé Millésime 2007 and Rare Brut Millésime 2006 will be poured during the opening gala on Sept. 25, at which museum co-chairs Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay and Ryan Murphy will honor filmmaker Haile Gerima, Sophia Loren and Academy Museum fundraising campaign ...
- 9/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will keep the Piper-Heidsieck champagne flowing at the upcoming events to celebrate the opening of the anticipated Academy Museum in Los Angeles. The French house will serve as the exclusive champagne partner of three events as part of its long-term partnership with the Academy, currently in its seventh year.
Piper-Heidsieck’s Rare Rosé Millésime 2007 and Rare Brut Millésime 2006 will be poured during the opening gala on Sept. 25, at which museum co-chairs Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay and Ryan Murphy will honor filmmaker Haile Gerima, Sophia Loren and Academy Museum fundraising campaign ...
Piper-Heidsieck’s Rare Rosé Millésime 2007 and Rare Brut Millésime 2006 will be poured during the opening gala on Sept. 25, at which museum co-chairs Jason Blum, Ava DuVernay and Ryan Murphy will honor filmmaker Haile Gerima, Sophia Loren and Academy Museum fundraising campaign ...
- 9/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Richard Roundtree (Family Reunion) and Terri J. Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show) have been tapped for recurring roles opposite Henry Simmons and Joy Bryant in season 2 of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s and Ava DuVernay’s anthology drama series Cherish the Day. Additionally, Angel Kristi Williams (Really Love), Sheldon Candis (Baltimore Boys) and Merawi Gerima (Residue) will direct episodes this season.
Cherish the Day, from DuVernay, Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television, is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. In season two, the rekindling of a romance is told — the love story of Ellis Moran (Simmons) and Sunday St. James (Bryant), who fell in love in high school but find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Ellis is a former basketball player who is now a single father of two, and Sunday is a vegetarian celebrity chef on the cusp of fame.
Cherish the Day, from DuVernay, Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television, is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. In season two, the rekindling of a romance is told — the love story of Ellis Moran (Simmons) and Sunday St. James (Bryant), who fell in love in high school but find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Ellis is a former basketball player who is now a single father of two, and Sunday is a vegetarian celebrity chef on the cusp of fame.
- 8/5/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers (2021). The lineup for the 2021 Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring the latest from Pedro Almodóvar, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Pablo Larraín, Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, and more. Find the full lineup here. The New York Film Festival has announced that this year's Centerpiece Selection will be Jane Campion's Power of the Dog, an adaptation of Thomas Savage's novel starring Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Benedict Cumberbatch. New additions to the TIFF roster include Joachim Trier's The Worst Person In The World, Masaaki Yuasa's Inu-Oh, and Ho Wi Ding's Terrorizers. A24 has won the rights to Octavia E. Butler's science-fiction novel Parable of the Sower, and Time director Garrett Bradley is set to direct. The novel follows a girl with a unique gift who rises to...
- 7/28/2021
- MUBI
Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array has taken the wraps off plans for its first masterclass, headlined by Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. Liberated Territory: A Masterclass by Haile Gerima will be a five-day workshop in Los Angeles that explores the catalyst of storytelling and a story’s structure crafted from personal narrative accents. That is a hallmark of Gerima’s work as a leading member of the film movement known as L.A. Rebellion birthed in the late 1960s and early1970s, with titles including Bush Mama, Harvest: 3000 Years, Ashes & Embers and the 1993 epic Sankofa the latter of which he self-distributed after studios passed.
Array, which earlier this year won the Peabody Awards’ institutional prize, recently rereleased 1982’s Ashes and Embers, which won the Fipresci Prize at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” said Gerima. “I come from...
Array, which earlier this year won the Peabody Awards’ institutional prize, recently rereleased 1982’s Ashes and Embers, which won the Fipresci Prize at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” said Gerima. “I come from...
- 7/26/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array announced “Liberated Territory: A Masterclass with Haile Gerima,” a five-day storytelling workshop taking place at the Array Creative Campus in Los Angeles this September.
Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker and Howard University professor best known for his Golden Bear-winning 1993 film “Sankofa,” and is also set to receive the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s inaugural Vantage Award in September. The workshop is open to emerging and experienced artists in any discipline, not just film, who wish for “a deeper understanding of connecting their personal roots to narrative story development,” and will be split into three parts: “The Art and Craft of Screenplay,” “Cinematography” and “Film Directing.” This is the inaugural masterclass to be offered by Array.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” Gerima said via press release. “I come from a generation of filmmakers — independent filmmakers in the late 60s,...
Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker and Howard University professor best known for his Golden Bear-winning 1993 film “Sankofa,” and is also set to receive the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s inaugural Vantage Award in September. The workshop is open to emerging and experienced artists in any discipline, not just film, who wish for “a deeper understanding of connecting their personal roots to narrative story development,” and will be split into three parts: “The Art and Craft of Screenplay,” “Cinematography” and “Film Directing.” This is the inaugural masterclass to be offered by Array.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” Gerima said via press release. “I come from a generation of filmmakers — independent filmmakers in the late 60s,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced its schedule of inaugural in-person screenings and public programs, which will begin on September 30 when the museum opens. The Academy Museum is the largest institution in the United States devoted to exploring the art and science of movies and moviemaking.
During the first three months of the Academy Museum’s opening, the museum will offer the public a robust, dynamic, and diverse slate of over 115 film screenings, discussions, and programs for film lovers of all ages, beginning with two special presentations of The Wizard of Oz (USA, 1939) featuring live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Academy Award®-nominated composer David Newman.
Other highlights of the museum’s first few months of in-person programming include the launch of ongoing series:
Stories of Cinema: featuring screenings of films highlighted in the museum’s core exhibition, including Real Women Have Curves (USA,...
During the first three months of the Academy Museum’s opening, the museum will offer the public a robust, dynamic, and diverse slate of over 115 film screenings, discussions, and programs for film lovers of all ages, beginning with two special presentations of The Wizard of Oz (USA, 1939) featuring live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Academy Award®-nominated composer David Newman.
Other highlights of the museum’s first few months of in-person programming include the launch of ongoing series:
Stories of Cinema: featuring screenings of films highlighted in the museum’s core exhibition, including Real Women Have Curves (USA,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Retrospectives and focuses planned for Jane Campion, Satyajit Ray, Hayao Miyazaki.
Opening day screenings of The Wizard of Oz, and ongoing series highlighting among other subjects Oscar films directed by women and live conversations are among the roster of more than 115 films and events set for the first three months of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Two performances of the classic 1939 fantasy adaptation The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland will open the museum on September 30, with live musical accompaniment by American Youth Symphony conducted by David Newman.
The inaugural programming schedule of series include ’Stories Of Cinema’ selections from...
Opening day screenings of The Wizard of Oz, and ongoing series highlighting among other subjects Oscar films directed by women and live conversations are among the roster of more than 115 films and events set for the first three months of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Two performances of the classic 1939 fantasy adaptation The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland will open the museum on September 30, with live musical accompaniment by American Youth Symphony conducted by David Newman.
The inaugural programming schedule of series include ’Stories Of Cinema’ selections from...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Academy Museum Reveals Launch Programs and Screenings for Fall, from Spike Lee to ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Finally, after years of delays, some caused by the pandemic, some not, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on La Brea and Wilshire has revealed its launch schedule of live screenings and public programs to begin on opening day, September 30. The first three months brings over 115 film programs, panels, and events, beginning with two screenings of MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) with live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Oscar perennial David Newman.
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
- 7/21/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Academy Museum Reveals Launch Programs and Screenings for Fall, from Spike Lee to ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Finally, after years of delays, some caused by the pandemic, some not, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on La Brea and Wilshire has revealed its launch schedule of live screenings and public programs to begin on opening day, September 30. The first three months brings over 115 film programs, panels, and events, beginning with two screenings of MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) with live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Oscar perennial David Newman.
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
- 7/21/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced its inaugural in-person programming schedule, which features two screenings of “The Wizard of Oz” with a live accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony, conducted by composer David Newman, on opening day.
During the first three months of the museum’s opening, it will offer a diverse and robust slate of over 115 screenings, discussions and programs, along with ongoing special and standalone series
Special series and standalone screenings include:
“Malcolm X“ in 70mm: a screening for Academy Museum Members of the seminal film, with special guests Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Oscar Frights: featuring screenings of Oscar-winning and nominated horror films, including “Get Out” (2017) and “Psycho” (1960). Hayao Miyazaki: in conjunction with the Academy Museum’s landmark exhibition on Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum will screen the filmmaker’s complete body of work as a feature director, including “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988) and “Spirited Away...
During the first three months of the museum’s opening, it will offer a diverse and robust slate of over 115 screenings, discussions and programs, along with ongoing special and standalone series
Special series and standalone screenings include:
“Malcolm X“ in 70mm: a screening for Academy Museum Members of the seminal film, with special guests Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Oscar Frights: featuring screenings of Oscar-winning and nominated horror films, including “Get Out” (2017) and “Psycho” (1960). Hayao Miyazaki: in conjunction with the Academy Museum’s landmark exhibition on Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum will screen the filmmaker’s complete body of work as a feature director, including “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988) and “Spirited Away...
- 7/21/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Appropriately, considering one of the key attractions of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures are Dorothy’s infamous ruby-red shoes, the museum’s official opening screening September 30 will be The Wizard of Oz accompanied by the American Youth Symphony conducted by David Newman.
But there is much more both before and after the museum’s public unveiling at the end of September. The Academy has unveiled a slew of discussions, programs and 115 screenings over the course of the first three months after the doors open on the Los Angeles venue. Other movie-oriented events will include Oscar Sundays featuring Oscar-honored films, and “Oscar Frights” with movies like Get Out and Psycho. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington will be on hand for a 70Mm screening of Malcolm X. A program of movies featuring women composers is also on tap, and are retrospectives of filmmakers Jane Campion and Satyajit Ray among many others.
But there is much more both before and after the museum’s public unveiling at the end of September. The Academy has unveiled a slew of discussions, programs and 115 screenings over the course of the first three months after the doors open on the Los Angeles venue. Other movie-oriented events will include Oscar Sundays featuring Oscar-honored films, and “Oscar Frights” with movies like Get Out and Psycho. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington will be on hand for a 70Mm screening of Malcolm X. A program of movies featuring women composers is also on tap, and are retrospectives of filmmakers Jane Campion and Satyajit Ray among many others.
- 7/21/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures‘ inaugural in-person schedule for its first three months will begin on its Sept. 30 opening day with two special presentations of the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.” Those will feature live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by composer David Newman, the museum said Wednesday.
MGM
The museum will offer more than 115 film screenings, discussions and programs. According to a museum statement other highlights include the launch of these ongoing series:
Stories of Cinema: featuring screenings of films highlighted in the museum’s core exhibition, including Real Women Have Curves and The Way of the Dragon.Oscar® Sundays: held every Sunday evening in the David Geffen Theater, this series celebrates films that have been honored at the Academy Awards®. For the series’ first iteration, we are celebrating the work of women directors, including Harlan County, U.S.A. and Seven Beauties.Family Matinees:...
MGM
The museum will offer more than 115 film screenings, discussions and programs. According to a museum statement other highlights include the launch of these ongoing series:
Stories of Cinema: featuring screenings of films highlighted in the museum’s core exhibition, including Real Women Have Curves and The Way of the Dragon.Oscar® Sundays: held every Sunday evening in the David Geffen Theater, this series celebrates films that have been honored at the Academy Awards®. For the series’ first iteration, we are celebrating the work of women directors, including Harlan County, U.S.A. and Seven Beauties.Family Matinees:...
- 7/21/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
With the Oscars (mercifully) behind us, it’s time to start worrying again about the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. That much-postponed institution is now scheduled to open with a gilt-edged gala honoring Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima, and sponsored by Rolex, on September 25, with a public opening five days later.
So here’s an idea the museum’s keepers can have for the price of a Wolfgang Puck sushi cone: Let the fans in first.
Seriously.
After years of delay, the film Academy’s museum should actually arrive at a fortuitous moment, just as the lockdown-weary audience is getting comfortable with theaters again. Last weekend’s strong box office performance points toward normalization. Barring a Covid-surge, all four quadrants should be back in the ticket line by September.
What better time to celebrate? The Movies Are Back!
And where better to do that than at a shiny new film museum,...
So here’s an idea the museum’s keepers can have for the price of a Wolfgang Puck sushi cone: Let the fans in first.
Seriously.
After years of delay, the film Academy’s museum should actually arrive at a fortuitous moment, just as the lockdown-weary audience is getting comfortable with theaters again. Last weekend’s strong box office performance points toward normalization. Barring a Covid-surge, all four quadrants should be back in the ticket line by September.
What better time to celebrate? The Movies Are Back!
And where better to do that than at a shiny new film museum,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has unveiled a robust series of programs in the run-up to its planned opening on Sept. 30, highlighting film artists including Spike Lee, Hayao Miyazaki and Satyajit Ray.
The museum held a virtual tour for media Wednesday to discuss the programming and museum’s progress, hosted by Academy governor Laura Dern.
Throughout the presentation, Academy spokespersons emphasized the inclusion of a diverse array of filmmakers and artisans from the U.S. and around the world. The museum will not ignore the industry’s blindspots, the presentation emphasized.
“We will not shy away from problematic moments,” said Dern, “The exhibition also showcases less-proud moments in the history of the cinema.”
Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum, explained how those moments will be integrated throughout the museum’s exhibits and programming. “We didn’t want these conversations to sit in a separate gallery. We...
The museum held a virtual tour for media Wednesday to discuss the programming and museum’s progress, hosted by Academy governor Laura Dern.
Throughout the presentation, Academy spokespersons emphasized the inclusion of a diverse array of filmmakers and artisans from the U.S. and around the world. The museum will not ignore the industry’s blindspots, the presentation emphasized.
“We will not shy away from problematic moments,” said Dern, “The exhibition also showcases less-proud moments in the history of the cinema.”
Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum, explained how those moments will be integrated throughout the museum’s exhibits and programming. “We didn’t want these conversations to sit in a separate gallery. We...
- 3/10/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced details regarding its opening gala, which will be held on Sept. 25. The event will commence a week of celebrations leading up to the Los Angeles museum’s opening to the public on Sept. 30.
Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will serve as co-chairs at the upcoming gala. Murphy and Blum both serve as museum trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who serves as an advisor on the upcoming exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which will open in 2022. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger will also be recognized for helping the long-delayed museum raise $388 million.
The museum also revealed the introduction of two annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Italian film legend Sophia Loren will be the first recipient of the Visionary Award, which honors an artist or scholar whose extensive body...
Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will serve as co-chairs at the upcoming gala. Murphy and Blum both serve as museum trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who serves as an advisor on the upcoming exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which will open in 2022. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger will also be recognized for helping the long-delayed museum raise $388 million.
The museum also revealed the introduction of two annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Italian film legend Sophia Loren will be the first recipient of the Visionary Award, which honors an artist or scholar whose extensive body...
- 3/8/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
The awards will be presented at the Los Angeles venue’s opening gala in September.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the long-awaited Los Angeles venue set to open this autumn, has named Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima as the winners of two new awards to be presented at the museum’s opening gala on September 25.
Ethiopian filmmaker Gerima will get the Vantage Award, honouring, said the museum, “an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualise and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.” Gerima is best known for such films as Harvest: 3000 Years, Sankofa and Teza.
Italian star Loren – the...
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the long-awaited Los Angeles venue set to open this autumn, has named Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima as the winners of two new awards to be presented at the museum’s opening gala on September 25.
Ethiopian filmmaker Gerima will get the Vantage Award, honouring, said the museum, “an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualise and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.” Gerima is best known for such films as Harvest: 3000 Years, Sankofa and Teza.
Italian star Loren – the...
- 3/8/2021
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The awards will be presented at the Los Angeles venue’s opening gala in September.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the long-awaited Los Angeles venue set to open this autumn, has named Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima as the winners of two new awards to be presented at the museum’s opening gala on September 25.
Ethiopian filmmaker Gerima will get the Vantage Award, honouring, said the museum, “an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualise and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.” Gerima is best known for such films as Harvest: 3000 Years, Sankofa and Teza.
Italian star Loren – the...
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the long-awaited Los Angeles venue set to open this autumn, has named Sophia Loren and Haile Gerima as the winners of two new awards to be presented at the museum’s opening gala on September 25.
Ethiopian filmmaker Gerima will get the Vantage Award, honouring, said the museum, “an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualise and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.” Gerima is best known for such films as Harvest: 3000 Years, Sankofa and Teza.
Italian star Loren – the...
- 3/8/2021
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima and Italian actress Sophia Loren are honorees for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opening gala on Sept. 25, the new museum announced Monday.
Co-chairs of the Gala are Academy Museum trustee and film and television producer Jason Blum; Academy governor and film director Ava DuVernay, and museum trustee and screenwriter, director and producer Ryan Murphy.
Disney executive chairman Bob Iger and actors Annette Bening and Tom Hanks will be saluted at the event, the Academy said in a statement.
Said museum director and president Bill Kramer in the statement: “It is such an honor to be able to recognize both Haile Gerima and Sophia Loren for their impactful and inspirational artistry and to acknowledge the incredible work of our Campaign Committee. We are deeply grateful to our gala co-chairs and our sponsors for the extraordinary leadership and support of this inaugural event.”
Photo Credit: Joshua White...
Co-chairs of the Gala are Academy Museum trustee and film and television producer Jason Blum; Academy governor and film director Ava DuVernay, and museum trustee and screenwriter, director and producer Ryan Murphy.
Disney executive chairman Bob Iger and actors Annette Bening and Tom Hanks will be saluted at the event, the Academy said in a statement.
Said museum director and president Bill Kramer in the statement: “It is such an honor to be able to recognize both Haile Gerima and Sophia Loren for their impactful and inspirational artistry and to acknowledge the incredible work of our Campaign Committee. We are deeply grateful to our gala co-chairs and our sponsors for the extraordinary leadership and support of this inaugural event.”
Photo Credit: Joshua White...
- 3/8/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
The long-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looks like it is finally ready for its close-up.
Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will be spearheading plans for the gala opening on September 25, 2021 as part of a weeklong program of celebrations leading to its official unveiling for the public September 30. Murphy and Blum are both Museum Trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who has also been lending her consultation on the upcoming 2022 exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.
The museum has also announced the establishment of two new annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Film legend Sophia Loren will receive the inaugural Visionary Award, honoring an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema. Ethiopian independent filmmaker, professor and author Haile Gerima will receive the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize...
Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will be spearheading plans for the gala opening on September 25, 2021 as part of a weeklong program of celebrations leading to its official unveiling for the public September 30. Murphy and Blum are both Museum Trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who has also been lending her consultation on the upcoming 2022 exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.
The museum has also announced the establishment of two new annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Film legend Sophia Loren will receive the inaugural Visionary Award, honoring an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema. Ethiopian independent filmmaker, professor and author Haile Gerima will receive the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize...
- 3/8/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Good things, it is often said, come to those who wait, and it seems that will be the case for those who have been anxiously anticipating the long-gestating Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
It was announced on Monday that the legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren and the noted Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored at the museum’s opening gala on Sept. 25, which will feature a special dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering and be just one part of a week of in-person festivities (protected by all required public health and safety measures) leading up to the Sept. 30 launch of the ...
It was announced on Monday that the legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren and the noted Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored at the museum’s opening gala on Sept. 25, which will feature a special dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering and be just one part of a week of in-person festivities (protected by all required public health and safety measures) leading up to the Sept. 30 launch of the ...
Good things, it is often said, come to those who wait, and it seems that will be the case for those who have been anxiously anticipating the long-gestating Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
It was announced on Monday that the legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren and the noted Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored at the museum’s opening gala on Sept. 25, which will feature a special dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering and be just one part of a week of in-person festivities (protected by all required public health and safety measures) leading up to the Sept. 30 launch of the ...
It was announced on Monday that the legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren and the noted Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored at the museum’s opening gala on Sept. 25, which will feature a special dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering and be just one part of a week of in-person festivities (protected by all required public health and safety measures) leading up to the Sept. 30 launch of the ...
This week, we're turning to UCLA's Film and Television Archive's Youtube page, where you can find several selections from and related to the L.A. Rebellion, including early student shorts. (Additional resources regarding the L.A. Rebellion can be found at the Archive's website.) Aaron E. Hunt's Notebook Primer on the filmmakers and films of the L.A. Rebellion states that the the term, coined by Clyde Taylor, refers to the Black cinema movement led by Black filmmakers from UCLA between the 1960s and 80s. The grouping, however, remains contentious for some of the filmmakers for its conflations: "'Rebellion' suggests a collective response to the status quo, rather than a series of independent expressions with diverse influences and motivations. But the slogan stuck, and, for better or worse, remains the most common calling card for a vital Black cinema movement that hasn’t been replicated since.
Many L.A. Rebellion filmmakers resist such groupings.
Many L.A. Rebellion filmmakers resist such groupings.
- 3/2/2021
- MUBI
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Above: Hour Glass (1971)Film scholar Clyde Taylor coined the name "L.A. Rebellion” for a retrospective of the Black cinema made at UCLA between the 1960s and 80s that was held at the Whitney Museum in 1986. The name conflates the filmmakers’ radical aesthetics with the Watts Rebellion and Black Power and Civil Rights Movements. It does not account for the Asian, Latinx, Native American and white film students who also sought styles outside the Hollywood formula, and remains a point of contention for some of those Black filmmakers it gathers under one denomination. “Rebellion” suggests a collective response to the status quo, rather than a series of independent expressions with diverse influences and motivations. But the slogan stuck, and, for better or worse, remains the most common calling card for a...
- 2/3/2021
- MUBI
Exclusive: WME has signed writer-director Merawi Gerima and cinematographer Mark Jeevaratnam for representation in all areas. Gerima and Jeevaratnam are part of the filmmaking team behind Residue, a feature film that premiered at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and was a 2020 Venice Film Festival selection.
Gerima wrote, directed, and produced the drama– his debut feature — which follows aspiring filmmaker Jay (Obinna Nwachukwu) who returns to his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. — but it looks different. It is gentrified beyond recognition. Dealing with alienation from his friends, troubled by the disappearance of a loved one and unsure of his place in this new community, Jay confronts issues of identity, isolation and loss on a tumultuous personal journey.
Residue was named one of the New Yorker’s best films of 2020 and was picked up for distribution by Ava DuVernay’s Array label.
Gerima, who has an Mfa degree from USC School of Cinematic Arts,...
Gerima wrote, directed, and produced the drama– his debut feature — which follows aspiring filmmaker Jay (Obinna Nwachukwu) who returns to his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. — but it looks different. It is gentrified beyond recognition. Dealing with alienation from his friends, troubled by the disappearance of a loved one and unsure of his place in this new community, Jay confronts issues of identity, isolation and loss on a tumultuous personal journey.
Residue was named one of the New Yorker’s best films of 2020 and was picked up for distribution by Ava DuVernay’s Array label.
Gerima, who has an Mfa degree from USC School of Cinematic Arts,...
- 12/16/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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