#blackfilms

"Conceived as a cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a genre-bending documentary adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video art installation. The film’s unique soundscape is mastered in stereo, with featured guest artists interwoven across its 21 tracks, each adding their distinct perspective." - ✍️🏾@blackstarfest

🎥✍️🏾reposted from @richspiritfilms After an 8-year journey of development, production and release, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is now available to watch at home on @appletv @primevideo @youtube & @fandango

"BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions @blknws ," the dazzling debut feature film from artist / director #KahlilJoseph is a MUST SEE, especially now during Black History Month! Check the website for information about screenings in select cities: https://blknws.richspirit.com

(Shout out to DJ/Producer/Professor @kingbritt, who has two songs in the film!)

🎥 ✍️🏾Reposted from @richspiritstudio "Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, 'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions' is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an immersive journey where the fictionalized figures of W. E. B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists, musicians, Joseph's family, and even Twitter chats, in a vision for black consciousness...

BLKNWS was initially born out of the Underground Museum, first imagined by Joseph and [Academy award-winning filmmaker] Ryan Coogler as an antidote to cable news during President Trump’s 2015 campaign. It was conceived as a continuous, curated broadcast, weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artifacts into a dynamic stream intended to reflect the richness of Black life. After success as an art installation, the project now takes the form of Kahlil’s debut feature 'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.'"

🎥 #ArtIsAWeapon Acclaimed artist/video director/filmmaker #KahlilJoseph's debut feature film "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions" (@blknws) is playing at @ifccenter November 28-December 3, 2025 in NYC, and in theaters in other select cities. Check the website for details: https://blknws.richspirit.com

Reposted from @richspiritstudio "Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, 'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions' is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an immersive journey where the fictionalized figures of W. E. B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists, musicians, Joseph's family, and even Twitter chats, in a vision for black consciousness...

BLKNWS was initially born out of the Underground Museum, first imagined by Joseph and [Academy award-winning filmmaker] Ryan Coogler as an antidote to cable news during President Trump’s 2015 campaign. It was conceived as a continuous, curated broadcast, weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artifacts into a dynamic stream intended to reflect the richness of Black life. After success as an art installation, the project now takes the form of Kahlil’s debut feature BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions."

#BLKNWS #BlackArtists

#BlackGirlMovieGeeks #UndergroundMuseum

If you share my love for documentary films, check out the 2025 @docnycfest, November 12-20! Of course I am particularly interested in documentaries centered on Black artists, activists, culture and voices, so I am excited about seeing "Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story," which premieres tonight, Nov. 13; and "The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing," which received best documentary awards at this year's @blackstarfest.

Go to www.docnyc.net for the full schedule of screenings, special events and tickets.

Reposted from @blackisbeautifuldoc Our documentary feature, BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: THE KWAME BRATHWAITE STORY will have its U.S. premiere at @docnycfest Thursday, Nov. 13th!

Join Director Yemi Bamiro, Kwame and Robynn Brathwaite of @kwamebphoto, and The Grandassa Models for a special evening at SVA Theatre.

Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer – freedom fighter and activist – Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.

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Images 1, 3-6 reposted from @docnycfest

Hey Y'all - for one week only starting today, October 30, @sinnersmovie returns to @imax theaters. I've seen it multiple times in different formats including IMAX 70MM, IMAX, and at home on @hbo. Although there are only 8 theaters across the U.S., if at all possible, don’t miss your chance to experience it in IMAX 70MM!

"Sinners” is stunning cinematic storytelling: #RyanCoogler’s pen; @michaelbjordan Michael B. Jordan's fearlessness; @wunmimosaku Wunmi Mosaku’s fire; newcomer @_milescaton_ Miles E. Caton's vulnerability; cinematographer @addp Autumn Cheyenne Durald's lens; @therealruthecarter Ruth E. Carter’s threads; and composer @ludwiggoransson Ludwig Göransson's haunting soundtrack mixing Black American Gospel & Blues, African rhythms and Irish Folk.

Set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, "Sinners" shows the raw, complex beauty of Deep Southern Black life and the lengths to which wicked white supremacists go to steal from and destroy it.

Watch the full trailer:

Shout out to the #Urbanworld team that secured Shyne's appearance for the riveting talk-back with director Marcus A. Clark and moderator Justin Tinsley. This year's festival felt fresh, friendly and celebratory for the filmmakers and attendees, and the @regalmovies Union Square theater was a great location! After skipping several years, I'm so glad I came back (thanks to @verbalslick @iamvjones) @lublub1)!

Watch the trailer:

Premiering today, November 18, 2024 on @hulu, "The Honorable Shyne tells the remarkable story of Moses 'Shyne' Barrow, the Grammy Award-winning musician turned politician. A rising star in the late 1990s, Shyne’s promising rap career was cut short after being charged in a high-profile New York nightclub shooting, along with rap impresario Sean 'Puffy' Combs. Shyne was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to ten years in prison, while Combs was acquitted. After prison, Shyne reemerged in his native Belize, where he transitioned from music to politics, ultimately becoming the Leader of Opposition Party. His journey is one of redemption, resilience, and transformation. This documentary provides an intimate look at Shyne’s personal evolution as he navigates fame, incarceration and a return home to Belize, where he finds new purpose and strives to lead his country to a brighter future."

I am looking forward to the Broadway musical revival at the Marquis Theater in April 2024.

Reposted from @musicsermon 45 years ago [October 24, 1978] The Wiz, Sydney Lumet's Berry Gordy-produced vision for the reimagined version of The Wizard of Oz - now a massive cult classic - opened in theaters... and flopped at the box office.

Gordy had pitched Universal pictures so heavily on the adaptation of the immensely successful Broadway musical that the studio didn't set a budget, and the movie only earned 13M in initial release against 24M in costs. (About 61M box office against an appx 110M budget by today's numbers)

A not small portion of that budget can be seen in the infamous Emerald City sequence, shot at the (then still newish and shiny) World Trade Center

400 dancers and models (including supermodel Iman and the legendary Bethann Hardison).

1200 costumes - 3 changes each.

Designs by Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Mary McFadden, Ralph Lauren, Halston, Norma Kamali, furriers Alixandre and Ben Kahn and others.

22 playback speakers.

385 crew members.

4 shoot nights.

1 gold piano-playing Quincy Jones (The Wiz was the beginning of Q and Michael's relationship).

When you wanna talk about something being ahead of its time, we can pull this scene. Lumet wanted the segment to be all about “status and style," Black opulence before we were using the phrase.

It was the most expensive shoot ever at WTC.