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Black Woman Walking

I spotted this over at Shadow and Act. Definitely worth spending the 8 minutes. How true it all rings. Never underestimate the power of the talking head in a documentary telling her story.

poll by twiigs.com

looking for film subjects

Greetings Good people,

I am the Co-Producer on a film project called Question Bridge Black Male. We are currently looking for more Black Male subjects to film in California. We will be shooting from July 14th -July 21st. We would like to include a variety of Black men and youth, but there are two groups of [...]

CALL FOR FILMS: 2010 *France Noire – Black France* Film Festival

“France Noire/Black France” Film Festival
La Présence Noire en France/The Black Presence in France
May 21- 23, 2010
Location: Forum des Images
www.forumdesimages.fr
Forum des Halles – 2, rue du Cinéma
75001 Paris
&diams
Pre-screening Film Projection Event
May 20, 2010
United States Embassy
*Website Launch – January, 2010
Initial Program – February, 2010

Call for Films – Extended Deadline: *February 28, 2010.*
The *France Noire/Black France* Film [...]

CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS: “Queerly Irreverent”

CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS
from Queer Women of Color Filmmakers for “Queerly Irreverent”
for our 5th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
QWOCMAP, the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, invites queer women of color film- makers to submit your satirical, hella funny and thoughtful short films to QWOCMAP’s 5th annual Queer Women of Color Film [...]

Good Hair?

(I’ve seen this in a couple places now & it looks interesting. Thanks, Stephanie!)
Good Hair
US Documentary Feature Films
U.S.A.,  2009, 95 mins., color
When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of [...]

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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    • Taking a Break February 7, 2012
      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
    • A New Mission for Aperture? February 7, 2012
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    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 7, 2012
      Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]


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