Julie Dash raised $800,000 from the PBS series American Playhouse to make her first feature, Daughters of the Dust (1991). Hollywood executives had rejected the project. #BlackSky #BlackCinema #CinemaSky #BlackHerStory

Julie Dash raised $800,000 from the PBS series American Playhouse to make her first feature, Daughters of the Dust (1991). Hollywood executives had rejected the project. #BlackSky #BlackCinema #CinemaSky #BlackHerStory
October is Black History Month in the UK. A good time to start exploring more of the contributions of Black creatives.
October is Black History Month in the UK. Lots to explore and discover and reflect on.
So I'm sitting there, watching "The Drop: A Snowfall Saga" and I'm certain I recognize Rochelle but I can't place where from. Then, it hit me like a ton of bricks. That's Miss Brooks from the Gilded Age!!! What a fine actress this Denee Benton is. FANTASTIC #BlackSky #BlackCinema #CinemaSky
LEGEND… BUT LIFE PUT HIM TO THE TEST! 👑💯
From Chicago’s streets to basketball greatness, Big Ron discovers that the toughest battles aren’t always fought on the court.
#BigRon #TEODBVision #ChicagoStories #BasketballDrama #BlackCinema #SportsDrama #BlackStorytelling #MustWatch #TikTokSeries
Mahershala Ali doesn't need to be in everything—he just needs to make us pay attention when he IS. His latest film is starting to make noise at the indie box office.
#VIVIDPop #MahershalaAli #YourMotherYourMotherYourMother #BlackCinema #VIVIDMagazine
Some goodies #Marvel #blackcinema #anime #TV #Movies
What does it mean when audiences call Black casting in historical films “unrealistic”? Katherine Fusco examines debates over Black stars, historical imagination, and whose version of the past gets treated as “real.” buff.ly/U1EdkAc #Film #BlackCinema #Hollywood #FilmHistory @fuscowrites.bsky.social
📽️ A deep dive into the films that changed the culture. ONCE UPON A TIME IN SOUTH CENTRAL LA: JOHN SINGLETON’S HOOD TRILOGY examines the stories, impact, and legacy of one of cinema's most influential filmmakers.
Black cinema is preservation, protest, and possibility.
New episode of GOT TIME with Christopher John featuring Donna Dabbs of the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival. Listen now: www.buzzsprout.com/2441870/epis...
#GOTTIMEpodcast #BlackFilm #GCUFF #BlackCinema #BlackHistory
Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a poignant, essential Black cinema doc capturing rare 1972 footage of Harlem Renaissance icons.
Read more in our review by @pedro_lima_andrade.
#blackcinema #documentary #harlemrenaissance #moviereview #onceuponatimeinharlem #tiff #TIFF2026 #tiff26