The second renaissance of black cinema continues in 2012, as director Ava DuVernay unveiled the new and improved website for the African American Film Release…
Director Ava DuVernay is back on the grind, continuing her crusade to elevate black cinema. After the smashing success of her 2011 feature debut, I Will Follow, DuVernay follows up with her second film, Middle of Nowhere. A young woman (Emayatzy Corinealdi) struggles to maintain her marriage and her identity when her husband (Omari Hardwick) […]
What happens when love takes you places you never thought you’d go? Or better yet, what happens when an independent Black female filmmaker drops her second film in as many years that has all the makings of another indie film phenomenon? You may remember writer/producer/director Ava DuVernay’s first film, I Will Follow, that almost overnight […]
Cassandra Freeman has Rihanna to thank for tapping into her inner superwoman for Kinyarwanda. “I would listen to ‘Run This Town’ to get into character” the actress shares. Freeman plays Lt. Rose, a tough as nails soldier, whose mission is to protect a group of refugees during the height of the Rwandan genocide. The character […]
Director Ava DuVernay continues the revolution in black cinema with KINYARWANDA, the second release of the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM). AFFRM’s first release, I Will Follow, directed by DuVernay (starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Omari Hardwick), won the 2010 UrbanWorld Film Festival Award for Best Narrative Feature, and received glowing reviews from critics and […]
The African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM) announced yesterday that they will theatrically distribute the Sundance award-winning film, “Kinyarwanda” this Fall. Written and directed by Alrick Brown, “Kinyarwanda” is based on the true stories of numerous Rwandans who experienced the atrocities of the genocide. “It doesn’t have bodies, it doesn’t have bullets. It doesn’t focus […]
Ava DuVernay’s I Will Follow, one of the most critically claimed independent African-American films to have been released in years, has just received another salutation. Film critic Roger Ebert, in a glowing review, called it “…one of the best films I’ve seen about the loss of a loved one.” Watch Roger Ebert’s full review here […]
Ava DuVernay’s I Will Follow, one of the most critically claimed independent African-American films to have been released in years, has just received another salutation. Film critic Roger Ebert, in a glowing review, called it “…one of the best films I’ve seen about the loss of a loved one.” Watch Roger Ebert’s full review here […]
On Sunday, January 23, 2011, AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement) hosted the first of our trio of dinners for black filmakers and filmthinkers at Sundance Film Festival. These dynamic group conversations on “all things black + indie + film” take place at Cafe Terigo, overlooking Main Street in Park City over three nights. This […]
On Sunday, January 23, 2011, AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement) hosted the first of our trio of dinners for black filmakers and filmthinkers at Sundance Film Festival. These dynamic group conversations on “all things black + indie + film” take place at Cafe Terigo, overlooking Main Street in Park City over three nights.
