SXSW Film Festival – Black Cinema Connection

Really Love

By: blackcinemaconnection March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

Upcoming Filmsfeatured, Kofi Siriboe, Michael Ealy, Naturi Naughton, SXSW Film Festival, Tristan Mack Wilds, Uzo AdubaLeave a Comment

Release Date: 3/15/20; SXSW Film Festival Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Angel Kristi Williams Studio(s): MACRO Running Time: Unknown Cast: Michael Ealy, Naturi Naughton, Uzo Aduba, Jade Eshete, Tristan Mack Wilds, Kofi Siriboe Details: Really Love follows the life of a starving artist in gentrifying Washington D.C. who is struggling to find his place in the prestigious…

Cut Throat City

By: blackcinemaconnection March 1, 2020

Upcoming FilmsDemetrius Shipp, Denzel Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Kat Graham, Shameik Moore, SXSW Film Festival, T. I., Terrence Howard, Wesley SnipesLeave a Comment

Release Date: 3/14/20 – SXSW Film Festival; 4/10/20 – In Theaters, Limited Genre: Action Rating: R Director: RZA Writer: Paul Cuschieri Studio(s): Rumble Riot Pictures, Lydiard Films, Patriot Pictures, Well Go USA Entertainment. Running Time: 132 mins. Cast: Shameik Moore, Demetrius Shipp, Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Keean Johnson, Ethan Hawke, Eiza Gonzalez, Kat Graham, Isaiah Washington, T.I.,…

The 24th

By: blackcinemaconnection March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

Upcoming FilmsAja Naomi King, featured, Mo McRae, Mykelti Williamson, SXSW Film Festival, Trai ByersLeave a Comment

Release Date: 3/15/20; SXSW Film Festival Genre: Drama/History Rating: NR Director: Kevin Willmott Studio(s): EMJAG Productions Running Time: 105 mins. Cast: Trai Byers (Boston), Bashir Salahuddin (Big Joe), Aja Naomi King (Marie), Mo McRae (Walker), Tosin Morohunfola (Franklin), Mykelti Williamson (Sgt. Hayes), Thomas Haden Church (Col. Norton), Lorenzo Yearby (Lucky). Story: The 24th tells the true…

Jezebel

By: blackcinemaconnection February 12, 2019December 8, 2019

Upcoming FilmsSXSW Film FestivalLeave a Comment

Release Date: 3/9/19; SXSW Film Festival Genre: Drama/LGBTQ Rating: NR Director: Numa Perrier Studio(s): House of Numa Running Time: 88 mins. Cast: Tiffany Tenille, Numa Perrier, Stephen Barrington, Bobby Field, Brett Gelman, Rockwelle Dortch, Zoe Tyson, Dennis Jaffee, Jessa Zarubica. Story: A true story. In the last days of her mother’s life, 19 year old…

First Match

By: blackcinemaconnection March 11, 2018

Upcoming FilmsNetflix, SXSW Film FestivalLeave a Comment

Release Date: 3/12/18 – 3/16/18 – SXSW Film Festival; 3/30/18 – Netflix (2017) Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Olivia Newman Studio(s): CreativeBionics, Clubhouse Pictures, Netflix. Running Time: 102 mins. Cast: Elvire Emanuelle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo, Jharrel Jerome, Jared Kemp Story: Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood,…

Jinn

By: blackcinemaconnection March 11, 2018May 27, 2018

Upcoming FilmsSimone Missick, SXSW Film FestivalLeave a Comment

Release Date: 2017 Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Nijla Mumin Studio(s): Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, Morgan’s Mark, Sweet Potato Pie Productions Running Time: 91 mins. Cast: Simone Missick (Jade), Zoe Renee (Summer), Hisham Tawfiq (Imam Khalid), Kelvin Harrison, Jr. (Tahir), Dorian Missick (David). Story: Summer is a 17-year old carefree black girl, whose world is turned…