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2006 Films
Title: A Bahia do Afoxé Filhos de Gandhy
Director: Lino de Almeida
Dir. of Photography: Rubens Araujo & Luiz Vieira
Music: Banda Gandhy
Editor: José Araripe Jr
Sound: Ivanildo Ramos
Country: Brazil
Duration: 52
Year: 2005
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A captivating glimpse into the Afoxé Filhos de Gandhy, a Bahia carnaval group established in 1949 which took their name as homage to Mahatma Gandhi. |
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2006 Films
Title: A Black Scholar Investigates Colonialism
Director: William Greaves
Screenwriter: William Greaves
Music: Kermit Moore
Country: US
Duration: 26
Year: 2004
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Studying and recording his observations on the impact of colonialism on indigenous societies and cultures, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche traveled throughout Africa and around the world. Rare archival footage along with Dr. Bunche’s scholarly analysis gives the viewer a rare insight into the roots of many of today's current events. Interviews with John Henrick Clarke and John Hope Franklin, among others. Narrated by Sidney Poitier. |
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2006 Films
Title: A Perfect Chaos*
Director: Anitra N. Evans
Screenwriter: Anitra N. Evans
Dir. of Photography: David Doko
Editor: Anitra N. Evans & April Gaffni
Country: US
Duration: 23
Year: 2005
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Pregnant woman suspects her husband is having an affair--but with whom? |
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2006 Films
Title: African Middleweights (Africains Poids Moyens)
Director: Daniel Cattier
Screenwriter: Daniel Cattier
Dir. of Photography: Diego Romero
Editor: Nicolas Dedecker
Sound: Vincent Nouaille
Country: Belgium/Zimbabwe
Duration: 18
Year: 2004
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A young Congolese boxer and his brother arrive in Brussels for the finale of the Afro-European Middleweight Championship on the eve of Independence of Congo. All is going well until he is ordered to take a dive. |
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2006 Films
Title: Afrikan World Civilizations
Director: Kwaku Person-Lynn
Country: US
Duration: 90
Year: 2005
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The evidence showing that science, mathematics, medicine, and several other human creations came out of Afrika and spread throughout the world is discussed in this comprehensive look at the global history and accomplishments of Black people, beginning with the Nile Valley. |
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2006 Films
Title: Akeelah and the Bee
Director: Doug Atchison
Screenwriter: Doug Atchison
Dir. of Photography: David Mullen
Editor: Glenn Farr
Costume: Sharen Davis
Country: US
Duration: 0
Year: 2006
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A heart-warming, triumph-over-adversity drama about a precocious eleven-year-old girl from South Los Angeles, Akeelah Anderson, who is discovered to have a talent for words. In spite of the objections of her mother, Akeelah enters a spelling contest and advances to the National Spelling Bee. On the way, she is helped by a mysterious teacher, Dr. Larabee, and a cast of colorful characters. Her journey evokes pride in the neighborhood, bringing them together and in the end, all witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl. Starring Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne and Keke Palmer. |
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2006 Films
Title: All About Darfur
Director: Taghreed Elsanhouri
Screenwriter: Taghreed Elsanhouri
Dir. of Photography: Fattih El Aleem Dafallah
Music: Omar Ihsas
Editor: Zan Barberton & Hugh Lewis
Sound: Tim Barker
Country: Sudan/UK
Duration: 82
Year: 2005
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As opposed to the recently settled 20-year conflict between North and South Sudan, the conflict in Darfur is not primarily about race or religion. Rather, it is between cultural groups, one agricultural and the other nomadic. |
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2006 Films
Title: American Blackout
Director: Ian Inaba
Editor: Ian Inaba & Liz Canning
Country: US
Duration: 86
Year: 2006
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Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney took an active role investigating the stories of voter disenfranchisement in 2000 but soon found herself in her own election debacle after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about 9/11 terrorist attacks. |
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2006 Films
Title: Among Thieves
Director: Oscar Daniels
Screenwriter: Oscar Daniels
Dir. of Photography: John O'Shaughnessy
Music: Geoff Levin
Editor: Oscar Daniels
Sound: Tony Redd
Country: US
Duration: 24
Year: 2004
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When Travelle, a self-centered criminal, flees a robbery gone awry, the only place he finds to hide is in the home of a spirited, bedridden elderly woman. |
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2006 Films
Title: Aristide and the Endless Revolution
Director: Nicholas Rossier
Dir. of Photography: Nicholas Rossier & Jawad Metni
Music: Lubo Astiov & Orline Titus
Editor: Cameron Clendaniel
Sound: Nicholas Rossier
Country: US
Duration: 83
Year: 2005
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The events that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of Haiti, are exposed in this investigation of political intrigues, armed criminals posing as freedom fighters, and economic fiascos. What emerges is a young democracy being constantly tested and ultimately destroyed. |
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2006 Films
Title: Art of 16 Bars: Get Ya' Bars Up, The
Director: Peter Spirer
Screenwriter: Iain Kennedy & Peter Spirer
Dir. of Photography: Sean Adair & Jeff Bollman
Editor: Joe Guidry & Iain Kennedy
Country: US
Duration: 82
Year: 2005
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A definitive look into the art of emceeing, featuring interviews with Kanye West, Rakim, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Nas, Slick Rick, Q-Tip, Method Man, Common, Russell Simmons, Talib Kweli, MC Lyte and 50 Cent Dee among others. (Community Collaborator: The Hip-Hop Association) |
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2006 Films
Title: Arthur! A Celebration of Life
Director: Joseph James
Screenwriter: Joseph James
Dir. of Photography: Keith Hargreaves
Music: Randy Wilson & Martin Antonio Caba
Editor: Ray Chung
Sound: Ray Chung
Costume: Odessa Henry
Country: US
Duration: 80
Year: 2005
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Tennis great Arthur Ashe's life is masterfully captured with authentication, sensitivity and true-to-life symbolism of his struggles with severe injustices towards African Americans and his bout with AIDS. |
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2006 Films
Title: Bare Hands Victory (La Victoire aux Mains Nues)
Director: Sidiki Bakaba
Dir. of Photography: Sidiki Bakaba
Music: Les DJIZ
Editor: Bruno Maruani
Sound: Lucien Zazzera & Laurent Champault
Country: Cote d'Ivoire
Duration: 97
Year: 2005
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In the spirit of Tiananmen Square, the people of Ivory Coast rise up to protect their country’s sovereignty. |
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2006 Films
Title: Bathsheba
Director: Gwen McGee
Screenwriter: Gwen McGee
Dir. of Photography: Anthony Coleman & Gwen McGee
Music: Megatrax Production Music
Editor: Bob Telford
Sound: Dave Weinreb
Costume: Ian Carter
Country: US
Duration: 36
Year: 2005
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A biblical adaptation recounting the events and relationship of David and Bathsheba. A story of love, lust, murder and repentance. Starring David Ramsey, Gwen McGee, Michael Jace, Miguel A. Núñez, Jr, Charnele Brown and Ernie Hudson. |
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2006 Films
Title: Beef III
Director: Peter Spirer
Country: US
Duration: 85
Year: 2005
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“Beefs” are started when one rapper disses another for whatever reason, usually to get the upper hand with the fans or to show their machismo. Infamous beefs between 50 Cent and Game, Lil Flip and TI, Nelly and Chingy, Twista and Bone Thugz, Lil Scrappy and the Orlando Police and many more are explored. (Community Collaborator: The Hip-Hop Association) |
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2006 Films
Title: Been Rich All My Life
Director: Heather MacDonald
Dir. of Photography: Heather MacDonald & Jon Miller
Music: Pete Whitman
Editor: B.B. Jorissen & Heather MacDonald
Sound: Orlando Richards
Country: US
Duration: 82
Year: 2005
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In the 1930s they were the original chorus dancers at legendary venues such as the Apollo Theatre and the Cotton Club. Now, a most unlikely tap dance troupe -- five women aged 84 to 96 -- continue to perform.
Q&A hosted by Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
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2006 Films
Title: Before Jackie
Director: Jacques Gravett
Country: US
Duration: 14
Year: 2005
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The story of Reese Crawford, a minor league baseball player who finally gets called up to the major leagues, but is faced with a challenge he never thought possible! |
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2006 Films
Title: Before the Fact
Director: Michael J. Holland
Screenwriter: Michael J. Holland
Dir. of Photography: Michael J. Holland
Music: Phil Upshaw
Editor: Gary Ochs
Sound: Gary Ochs
Costume: Michael J. Holland
Country: US
Duration: 85
Year: 2005
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The good, the bad and the ugly of relationships is viewed through one man's marriage. It includes interviews from a broad demographic of society on the subject and ultimately climaxes into a revealing yet terrifying incident between a husband and a wife. |
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2006 Films
Title: Bird Losing Feathers
Director: James Richards
Screenwriter: James Richards
Dir. of Photography: James Richards
Music: Tyhemba Jess
Editor: James Richards
Country: US
Duration: 9
Year: 2005
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A dramatization of recent events in Jasper, Texas. |
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2006 Films
Title: Black Beetle (Besouro Preto)
Director: Salim Rollins
Dir. of Photography: joshua bee alafia
Music: Pvo da Bahia
Editor: Salim Rollins
Sound: Malik Wright
Country: Brazil/US
Duration: 35
Year: 2003
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This history of African spirituality in Brazil focuses on the discipline of Capoeira and the mythical master Besouro Preto, who legend says had the ability to disappear and turn himself into a Black Beetle. |
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2006 Films
Title: Black Theater Today: 2005
Director: Thea-Marie Perkins
Dir. of Photography: Pape Ndiaye
Music: Oh Leroy
Editor: Frances S. DeLoach
Country: US
Duration: 67
Year: 2005
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Interviews with professional actors, directors, producers and playwrights who have made and are still making valuable contributions to Black theater. Interviews with Art Evans, Ella Joyce, Keith David, Viola Davis, Harry Lennix, Tonya Pinkins, Dawnn Lewis and Thea-Marie Perkins. |
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2006 Films
Title: Bling: Consequences and Repercussions
Director: Kareem Edouard
Dir. of Photography: Kareem Edouard
Music: Public Enemy
Editor: Kareem Edouard
Country: US
Duration: 11
Year: 2005
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Issues behind Hip Hop’s obsession with diamonds and the continued illegal diamond trade in Africa are examined. Narrated by Chuck D.
(Community Collaborator: The Hip-Hop Association) |
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2006 Films
Title: Blood
Director: Kolton Lee
Screenwriter: Ashmeed Sohoye
Dir. of Photography: Steve Gray
Music: Brian Gregory & Neil Lawrence
Editor: James Calderwood
Sound: Leon Lazarevic
Costume: Emma Rowe
Country: UK
Duration: 17
Year: 2005
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Danny is a champion amateur boxer about to compete in his first step on a new journey. Will years of support and coaching by Issac, his father, and Geoff, his trainer, pay off? |
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2006 Films
Title: Blunts & Stunts: Class of '94
Director: Damien Earl Matthias & Michael Sachs
Screenwriter: Damien Earl Matthias & Michael Sachs
Dir. of Photography: Mitchell Lipsner & Gregory von Berblinger
Music: Rika Muranaka
Editor: Randi Snitz
Country: US
Duration: 90
Year: 2005
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Hip hop audition about real people who think they have real talent in the industry of music, film, dancing, singing, comedy and rap. |
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2006 Films
Title: Bongoland
Director: Josiah Kibira
Screenwriter: Josiah Kibira
Dir. of Photography: Jeff Green
Editor: Takaaki Sato
Sound: Dawn Schot
Costume: Bethany Krause
Country: Tanzania/US
Duration: 101
Year: 2003
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Juma chases the American dream after coming to the US, but the realities of everyday life for an undocumented worker in America collide with the widely held belief in the third world that once one gets to the US or Europe, their problems of poverty are all resolved. |
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2006 Films
Title: Boy Called Twist
Director: Tim Greene
Screenwriter: Time Greene
Dir. of Photography: Mike Downie
Music: Murray Anderson
Editor: Ronelle Loots
Sound: Stef Albertyn
Costume: Bridget Baker
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115
Year: 2004
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A contemporary interpretation of Dickens' Oliver Twist, relocated to the streets of Cape Town. |
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2006 Films
Title: Breakin' In: The Making of a Hip-Hop Dancer
Director: Elizabeth St. Philip
Screenwriter: Elizabeth St. Philip
Dir. of Photography: John Minh Tran
Music: David Krain
Editor: Greg West
Sound: Sanjay Mehta
Country: Canada
Duration: 58
Year: 2005
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A behind-the-scenes look at the highly sexualized female images seen in music videos. Three young Black women compete for roles that impact their personal values, career ambitions and concepts of beauty and self-image. |
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2006 Films
Title: Bringing Up BayBay*
Director: Phil Ramuno
Screenwriter: Paula Mitchell Manning
Dir. of Photography: Darren Rydstrom
Music: Mark Drummond & Aljay Boyd
Editor: Dean Hill
Sound: Perry Robertson
Costume: Sugano
Country: US
Duration: 14
Year: 2005
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Does Pam Wilcox know how she'll transcend her low-grade, low-rent cable show to ascend to the ranks of "Entertainment Reporter Extraordinaire?" |
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2006 Films
Title: Broken Rhyme*
Director: Detdrich McClure
Screenwriter: Detdrich McClure
Dir. of Photography: Chris Lain
Music: M-1
Editor: Leif Olsen
Country: US
Duration: 95
Year: 2005
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A disillusioned rapper goes to Japan to shoot a music video and meets a Japanese girl who leads him on a spiritual journey. |
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2006 Films
Title: Brooklyn's Bridge to Jordan
Director: Tina Mabry
Screenwriter: Tina Mabry
Dir. of Photography: Kartik Vijay
Music: Ryan Adison Amen
Editor: Tina Mabry
Sound: Bryan Cantrall & Ariel Fox
Costume: Moonglow
Country: US
Duration: 20
Year: 2005
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After the death of her life partner, a woman fights to rebuild her troubled relationship with her son and deflect the interference of her partner's intolerant brother. (Community Collaborator: United Lesbians of African Heritage) |
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2006 Films
Title: Buckle Brothers
Director: Marquette Williams
Screenwriter: Marquette Williams
Dir. of Photography: Zach Jordan
Music: Shane Morris
Country: US
Duration: 75
Year: 2005
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Four young adults from the streets of South Central Los Angeles and Compton find a different kind of hope in the cowboy life. |
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2006 Films
Title: Cafundó
Director: Paulo Betti & Clóvis Bueno
Screenwriter: Paulo Betti & Clóvis Bueno
Dir. of Photography: José Roberto Eliezer
Music: André Abujamra
Editor: Sérgio Mekler
Sound: Marcio Camara
Costume: Bia Salgado
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101
Year: 2005
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Fact and fiction blend in the life of João de Camargo, a former slave who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others. Stars Lázaro Ramos (Madame Satã). |
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2006 Films
Title: Cecil Taylor: All the Notes
Director: Christopher Felver
Country: US
Duration: 73
Year: 2004
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One of the great liberators of music, like Monk and Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor follows in the tradition of Charlie Parker, creating a streaming liberty that is as powerful as any artistic expression in modern culture. Taylor takes jazz to the extreme limits, showing profound architectural thinking regarding the shapes of sound. |
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2006 Films
Title: Cherps
Director: Kolton Lee
Screenwriter: Kolton Lee
Dir. of Photography: Aubrey Fagon
Music: Sara Loewenthal
Editor: Alex Marsh
Sound: Leon Lazarevic
Country: UK
Duration: 88
Year: 2005
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Reggie is the quintessential black British geezer [player]: a man that loves to 'cherp' (chat up women). He'll take them fat, thin, black or white. |
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2006 Films
Title: City of Women, The (A Cidade das Mulheres)
Director: Lázaro Faria
Screenwriter: Cleo Martins
Dir. of Photography: Lázaro Faria
Music: Cleo Martins
Editor: Isabella Lago
Sound: Toninho Muricy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 72
Year: 2005
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An intimate view of Mae Stella de Oxossi, perhaps the most influential figure in African religious traditions in Bahia. The head priestess from Axé Opó Afonjá, founded in 1910, explains from a feminine perspective the history of Candomblé in Bahia, and the matriarchal system of power created and controlled by the women who practice the tradition. |
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2006 Films
Title: Coda
Director: Zeresenay "Zee" Mehari
Screenwriter: Ramon S. Gakhal & Zeresenay Mehari
Dir. of Photography: Keith Smith
Music: Jeffrey Toyne
Editor: Stuart Robinson & Angel Gamboa
Sound: William Storkson
Costume: Michelle Anna Keshishian
Country: US
Duration: 20
Year: 2005
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To write her first novel, Julia moves into a dumpy apartment where one of the walls is a virtual canvas for a local artist's haunting mural. Stars Andre Royo and Akrosia Samson. |
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2006 Films
Title: Colonial Misunderstanding (Le Malentendu Colonial)
Director: Jean-Marie Teno
Dir. of Photography: Dieter Stürmer & Jean-Marie Teno
Editor: Christiane Badgley
Sound: Jean-Marie Teno & Paulin Tabou
Country: Cameroon/France/Germany
Duration: 78
Year: 2004
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Almost forgotten by history, in 1904 more than three million Herero people (Namibia) where murdered by the Germans in a precursor to later 20th century genocides. At the same time, missionaries helped to destroy African beliefs and social systems and replace them with European ones. |
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2006 Films
Title: Consent
Director: Kevin Branch
Screenwriter: Kevin Branch
Dir. of Photography: Brian Earl
Music: Robert Haas & Kristin Massey
Editor: Kevin Branch
Country: US
Duration: 6
Year: 2004
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In this once-in-a-lifetime one-night stand the tables are turned on a groupie fan. |
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2006 Films
Title: Contribute2 the Experience
Director: David Sylvester
Screenwriter: David Sylvester
Country: US
Duration: 29
Year: 2005
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When his lifelong friend and mentor was killed on 9/11, David’s world permanently changed. To memorialize his friend, he rides his bicycle across the US and the length of Africa and finds the true meaning of life. |
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2006 Films
Title: Coochie
Director: Najaa Young
Screenwriter: Najaa Young
Dir. of Photography: Ana Foy
Music: Don Juan Moore & Matt Mariano
Editor: Fran Ervin
Sound: Ana Foy
Costume: Tiffany Moore & Pam Hark
Country: US
Duration: 21
Year: 2004
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An artist embarks on a journey to discover the real people behind LGBT images in the media and in the process discovers a part of herself. (Community Collaborator: United Lesbians of African Heritage) |
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2006 Films
Title: Cubamor
Director: joshua bee alafia
Screenwriter: joshua bee alafia & Abel Robainia
Dir. of Photography: Shem Sobin
Music: Pablo Herrera
Editor: joshua bee alafia
Sound: Salim Rollins
Costume: Elise Court Wilson
Country: Cuba/US
Duration: 131
Year: 2003
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Two Americans journey to Cuba. Lazaro, a devotee of Ifa, promises his fiancée and the Goddess Oshun that he won't stray with other women while studying music. Zoe, on a political solidarity brigade, falls in love with Renato, a Reggae singer and street hustler. |
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2006 Films
Title: Daughters of the Wind (Filhas do Vento)
Director: Joel Zito Araújo & Joel Zito Viana
Screenwriter: Joel Zito Araújo & Di Moretti
Dir. of Photography: Jacob Solitrenick
Music: Marcus Viana
Editor: Isabela Monteiro de Castro Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Sound: Antonio Carlos Murici
Costume: Giovanna Moretto
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85
Year: 2004
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In a small town in Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart. One of them left for the big city to become an actress. The other stayed behind to look after their father. |
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2006 Films
Title: Delwende: Get Up and Walk
Director: S. Pierre Yameogo
Screenwriter: S. Pierre Yameogo
Dir. of Photography: Jürg Hassler
Music: Wasis Diop
Editor: Jean-Christophe Ané
Country: Burkina Faso
Duration: 90
Year: 2005
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When children in the village begin to die, a woman is falsely accused of being a witch. She is driven from the village until her daughter brings her back to the village so that the truth can be told. |
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2006 Films
Title: Dick (the Short)*
Director: Rufus Dorsey
Screenwriter: Rufus Dorsey
Dir. of Photography: Roy Kurtluyan
Music: Michael Harold
Editor: Robert Cosci
Sound: Dave Zigal
Costume: Rufus Dorsey
Country: US
Duration: 13
Year: 2005
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A player loses his most important “tool”. |
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2006 Films
Title: District Six: Time to Return Home
Director: Diana Manfredi
Screenwriter: Arianna Lissoni & Diana Manfredi
Dir. of Photography: Tommaso Lusena
Music: Patrizio Fariselli
Editor: Diana Manfredi
Sound: Dario Ghezzi & Paolo Mantovani
Country: South Africa/Italy
Duration: 55
Year: 2005
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The story of the Sallie Family, one among the hundreds of families who where forcibly removed from District 6 when the apartheid government declared this part of Cape Town a “black spot” under the 1950 Group Areas Act. |
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2006 Films
Title: Dollars and White Pipes
Director: Donovan Marsh
Screenwriter: Donovan Marsh
Dir. of Photography: Rob Malpage
Music: Allin Richards & Mark Phillips
Editor: Donovan Marsh
Sound: Mark Phillips
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96
Year: 2005
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A rags-to-riches story following the journey of a man from gang culture to moral independence as he overcomes issues of race, education, addiction and racketeering, finally to become a well-respected and law-abiding businessman. Based on a true story. |
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Title: Dream to Change the World
Director: Horace Ové
Dir. of Photography: Phiip Chavannes
Editor: Pete Stern
Country: Trinidad/UK
Duration: 75
Year: 2005
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The multicultural history of Trinidad and its diaspora is the story of John La Rose: labor activist, publisher and poet, who through steelpan, calypso and the arts of carnival, leads the viewer through the links between art and social transformation. |
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2006 Films
Title: Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Director: Raymond Gayle
Screenwriter: Raymond Gayle
Dir. of Photography: Mel House
Editor: Raymond Gayle
Sound: Anura Neysadurai
Country: US
Duration: 83
Year: 2005
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Incredible music and performances punctuate this interesting exposé of the struggles of black rock musicians, the industry's ambivalence towards them and the dilemma they face in the Black community. Interviews with Fishbone, Flip Barnes, Darrell McNeil and Charlie Braxton. |
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2006 Films
Title: Emeka
Director: Chido Osueke
Screenwriter: Chido Osueke
Dir. of Photography: David Gibb
Music: Chido Osueke
Editor: Chido Osueke
Sound: Chido Osueke
Costume: Elise Lavender & Ben Batemen
Country: US
Duration: 13
Year: 2005
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A Nigerian family struggles to main their sense of identity and strength while living in America. The story parallels a West African folktale about a chameleon that refuses to change color in the midst of danger. |
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Title: Family Reunion: A South Central Story
Director: Adleane Hunter
Screenwriter: Tony Bracy
Dir. of Photography: Rob Moore
Music: Ted Sheibar
Editor: Rashad Frierson & Jeff Pulliham
Costume: Christann Chanell
Country: US
Duration: 34
Year: 2005
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When the Porter and Wilson families are brought together in a South Central emergency room, they are forced to confront the unresolved issues that have estranged them for almost 20 years. |
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2006 Films
Title: Favela Rising
Director: Jeff Zimbalist & Matt Mochary
Dir. of Photography: Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary & Kelly Mark Green
Editor: Jeff Zimbalist
Country: Brazil/US
Duration: 80
Year: 2005
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A former drug-trafficker turns social revolutionary in Rio’s worst slum. Through hip-hop music and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression of drug armies and corrupt police until a tragic accident threatens to silence him forever. Winner of over 10 international film festival awards. (Community Collaborator: The Hip-Hop Association) |
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2006 Films
Title: Fela: Fresh from Africa
Director: Jaheed Ashley
Dir. of Photography: Jaheed Ashley
Editor: Saleem Aziz
Country: US
Duration: 120
Year: 2006
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In the spring of 1986, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the legendary Nigerian musical warrior, triumphantly returned to New York City after a 17-year absence. Narrated by PeeKoo A. Lewis. |
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Title: Fight Song
Director: Brandele Randolph
Country: US
Duration: 92
Year: 2005
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A suspenseful tale of revenge in an ex-high school football star traps the coach who destroyed his future. An answer to Langston Hughes' question, "What happens to a dream deferred?" |
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2006 Films
Title: Flip the Script
Director: Terrah Bennett Smith
Screenwriter: Tiayoka McMillan
Dir. of Photography: Reynaldo Villalobos
Music: H-Dubb
Editor: Neguine Sanani Neguine Sanani Neguine Sanani
Costume: Bernie White
Country: US
Duration: 86
Year: 2005
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Forced with having to plan the funeral together, six college friends in their thirties come back to Los Angeles after the untimely death of a mutual friend. Old feelings re-surface and unfinished business emerges as the heartbreaks and joys of life through friendship and love are explored. Stars Miguel Núñez, Jr., Robin Givens, Laz Alonza, and Jazsmin Lewis. |
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2006 Films
Title: God's Waiting List*
Director: Duane Adler
Screenwriter: Nian Aster
Dir. of Photography: Lyn Moncrief
Music: Vincent Gillioz
Editor: Ann Keniston
Sound: Zsotf Magyar
Costume: Stacy Owens
Country: US
Duration: 94
Year: 2005
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Solomon borrows money from loan sharks to open a music store, but when he doesn't pay, his sister does. Guilt consumes him while she becomes a stronger person. A drama about love, loss, and faith. Stars Roger Guenveur Smith. |
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2006 Films
Title: Governor's New Clothes, The (Les Habits Neufs du Gouverneur)
Director: Mweze D. Ngangura
Screenwriter: Mweze D. Ngangura
Dir. of Photography: Alberto Iannuzzi
Music: Alain "Prince" Makaba
Editor: Sandra Boukhanny
Sound: Jean Timmerman
Country: Congo
Duration: 87
Year: 2005
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A musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "The Emperor's New Clothes” features a story about a family on the verge of breakdown in an African state where two ethnic groups are in conflict. An entertaining exposé on the corruption of power. |
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2006 Films
Title: Haiti: the Sleeping Giant
Director: Love Aryeetey
Screenwriter: Love Aryeetey
Dir. of Photography: Curtis Nichols
Editor: Love Aryeetey
Country: US
Duration: 50
Year: 2005
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The history of Haitian Revolution which resulted in the first republic governed by Blacks in the Western Hemisphere. (Community Collaborator: Legislative Black Caucus Foundation) |
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2006 Films
Title: Hey Jimmy
Director: Ming-Chieh Sung
Screenwriter: Ming-Chieh Sung
Dir. of Photography: Ming-Chieh Sung
Music: Yu-Huan Lee
Editor: Ming-Chieh Sung
Sound: Adam Modley
Costume: Jimmy Liao
Country: Taiwan/UK
Duration: 16
Year: 2004
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A contemporary urban narrative incorporating animation to create an affectionately comical insight into the socio-cultural complexities of a black Taiwanese drag queen. |
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2006 Films
Title: Hip-Hop Colony
Director: Michael Wanguhu
Screenwriter: Russell Kenya
Dir. of Photography: Michael Wanguhu
Music: Steve Ominde & Bruce Odhiambo
Editor: Michael Wanguhu
Sound: Michael Wanguhu
Country: Kenya
Duration: 90
Year: 2005
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A musically stirring examination of the rooting of Hip Hop in Kenya where modern rhythms are adapted to traditional elements to create a local off-shoot known as “Genge” which unifies the country’s youth to creatively address the country's social and political issues. (Community Collaborator: The Hip-Hop Association) |
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2006 Films
Title: Hit Me
Director: Steven Minor
Screenwriter: Rashim Cannad
Dir. of Photography: Tim Neighbors
Music: Rick St. Hilaire
Editor: Steven Minor & Rashim Cannad
Sound: Rick St. Hilaire
Country: US
Duration: 27
Year: 2006
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A professional gambler arrives at a day of reckoning when he is cornered by the hit man he hired. |
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2006 Films
Title: HM HM
Director: MoHaMeD GHaZaLa
Screenwriter: Mohamed Ghazala
Editor: Mohamed Ghazala
Country: Egypt
Duration: 3
Year: 2005
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A restaurant customer does not want to pay after eating. |
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2006 Films
Title: Hobson's Choice
Director: Nikklas "Nikki" Bates
Screenwriter: Steppbrothers
Editor: Martin Sterling
Country: US
Duration: 5
Year: 2005
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A 20-something African American male is caught in a dilemma when three young males obstruct his path on his way to work. |
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2006 Films
Title: Holla
Director: H.M. Coakley
Screenwriter: Byron Taylor & H.M. Coakley
Dir. of Photography: Ryan Postas
Editor: Zachariah Clark
Sound: William Hansen
Costume: Stephanie Wallace
Country: US
Duration: 75
Year: 2005
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A popular TV star is stalked by a sociopath while stranded in a secluded cabin with six of her closest friends over a weekend. An urban horror drama. |
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2006 Films
Title: Home, Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins
Director: Dorothy Darr
Dir. of Photography: Dorothy Darr
Music: Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins
Editor: Dorothy Darr
Country: US
Duration: 72
Year: 2005
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An extraordinary friendship between two extraordinary musicians--Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins. After developing liver cancer in January, 2001, Billy arrived at Charles' home in Montecito, saying "We got to do something together." The result was the recording "Which Way is East" and this film. Billy died in May, 2001. |
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2006 Films
Title: Hope's War
Director: Ya'Ke
Screenwriter: Ya'Ke
Dir. of Photography: Lucas Millard
Music: C.J. Wheeler
Editor: Ya'Ke
Sound: Travis Ward
Costume: Matthew Kessler
Country: US
Duration: 13
Year: 2005
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After returning home from Iraq, a U.S. soldier struggles to adapt back to everyday life, but brutal visions of war threaten to destroy him.
2005 Director's Guild of America Student Film Award (African-American Category) |
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2006 Films
Title: How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Director: Joe Angio
Screenwriter: Joe Angio
Dir. of Photography: Michael Solomon
Music: Jeremy Parise
Editor: Jane Rizzo
Country: US
Duration: 85
Year: 2005
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Feature-length documentary on renegade filmmaker, novelist, musician and theater impresario Melvin Van Peebles. |
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2006 Films
Title: Hula Girls
Director: Trevor Graham
Dir. of Photography: John Whitteron
Editor: Denise Haslem
Country: Australia
Duration: 52
Year: 2004
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A lush visual exploration of the sexual mythology that has for centuries defined our notions of the Pacific Island woman. |
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2006 Films
Title: Inspired by...*
Director: Layla Mashavu
Screenwriter: Layla Mashavu
Dir. of Photography: John Savedra
Music: Steve the "E" Ross
Editor: Layla Mashavu & Tony Best
Sound: Ivy Lindsey
Costume: Marvlyn Harrison
Country: US
Duration: 25
Year: 2005
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The steamy love affair between an egocentric singer-songwriter and a graduate student provides the inspiration for their mutual success. |
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2006 Films
Title: It Ain't What It Seems
Director: John Neal
Screenwriter: John Neal
Country: US
Duration: 72
Year: 2005
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Is there a time and place for everything? Wait!!! How about girls and partying? What about studying? John and Marlon are best friends entering their freshmen year of college. Come with us and see what you would do when faced with challenges that college life can present. |
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2006 Films
Title: Joebell and America
Director: Asha Lovelace
Screenwriter: Earl Lovelace & Asha Lovelace
Dir. of Photography: Walt Lovelace
Music: Walt Lovelace
Editor: Walt Lovelace
Country: Trinidad/Tobago
Duration: 83
Year: 2004
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After winning money gambling, a young man decides it's time to seize his dreams and embarks upon a journey to America. A poignant examination of cultural heritage and identity. |
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