#aafilmfest

#Repost @nmaahc with @get_repost ・・・ Closing out the @Smithsonian African American Film Festival tonight with the premiere of @bandrybarry's newest film, "If Beale Street Could Talk" (@bealestreet). The film is based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name, which Joyce Carol Oates once described as "so vividly human and so obviously based upon reality, that it strikes us as timeless." Regarded as one of the foremost intellectual thinkers of the 20th century, Baldwin was an essayist, novelist, playwright, and social justice advocate whose work considered what it means to be human and explored African American struggles, victories, and defeats. #AAFilmFest #APeoplesJourney #jamesbaldwin #africanamericanfilm https://www.instagram.com/p/BpdN6pCn30d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a46qh7yexd54

🎬✊🏾👏🏾🖤 #ArtIsAWeapon Starting tonight, October 24th through October 27th, "#cinema, #history, and #culture will collide at the first-ever @nmaahc Smithsonian African American Film Festival (#AAFilmFest)." If you're in D.C. for Howard University Homecoming, this will also be the ticket! The festival "...will celebrate African American visual culture and film, offering attendees an unparalleled opportunity to explore cinematic works by some of the brightest emerging and veteran filmmakers, alongside other historic and lesser-known films that tell the stories of Black experiences in America... Attendees will have the opportunity to network with filmmakers and talent of our more than 80 films. Events include screenings of some the most iconic African American films from history and today, post screening conversations with filmmakers and actors, master classes with industry experts, exchanges with the opportunity to share ideas about film production and the archive of the moving image." Full schedule and tickets: www.aafilmfest.si.edu. (Shout out @koolboblove @rockrubber45s - I see you, bro!) #APeoplesJourney #AAFilmFest #BlackFilms #BlackCulture #BlackStorytellers #BlackGirlMovieGeeks🤓 #BlackHistory365 #AmericanHistory #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon (at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUV3ZznHSW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g322citsyc6q