Reflections, Perceptions and Misconceptions of Black Culture in Film
a/k/a Sylvie Release Date: 1/27/20 – Sundance Film Festival Genre: Drama/Romance Rating: NR Director: Eugene Ashe Studio(s): Iam21 Entertainment Running Time: 114 mins. Cast: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Jemima Kirke Story: The jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the New York summer of 1957. Sylvie helps around…
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a/k/a Twelve a/k/a 12 O’Clock Boys Release Date: 1/27/20 – Sundance Film Festival; 4/10/20 – In Theaters Genre: Drama Rating: R Director: Angel Manuel Soto Studio(s): Overbrook Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Running Time: 125 mins. Cast: Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Will Catlett, Teyonah Parris, Donielle Tremaine Hansley, Kezii Curtis Story: Fourteen-year-old Mouse (Jahi…
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Release Date: 1/25/20 – Sundance Film Festival Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Ekwa Msangi Studio(s): Outrageous Pictures Running Time: 95 mins. Cast: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, Nana Mensah. Story: It’s been 17 years since Walter was forced to leave his family in Angola. Now he is picking…
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Release Date: 1/25/20 – Sundance Film Festival Genre: Comedy Rating: NR Black & White Director: Radha Blank Studio(s): Hillman Grad Running Time: 129 mins. Cast: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Reed Birney, Imani Lewis, T.J. Atoms Story: Radha, a once-promising playwright, is barreling toward the stigma of being single and a struggling artist…
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Release Date: 1/24/20 – Sundance Film Festival Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Janicza Bravo Studio(s): Killer Films, Gigi Films, Ramona Films, A24 Running Time: 90 mins. Cast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Colman Domingo Story: “You wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full…
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Release Date: 1/30/20 – Sundance Film Festival Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples Studio: Sailor Bear Running Time: 103 mins. Cast: Nicole Beharie, Kendrick Sampson, Alexis Chikaeze, Lori Hayes, Marcus Maudlin Story: Built like a bird, Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much…
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