Friday, September 3rd, 2010

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SEASON OPENS WITH “PRESSURE COOKER”

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SEASON OPENS WITH “PRESSURE COOKER”

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival is pleased to partner with LE CORDON BLEU College of Culinary Arts to bring a unique screening experience to Seattle area audiences. Join master chefs and chefs-in-training for an immersive culinary and cinema treat! Chefs will be on hand providing cooking demonstrations, tasty bites and insight on what it takes to make it in the competitive world... [Read more]


A DIOS MOMO RETURNS TO THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

A DIOS MOMO RETURNS TO THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

We just can’t quit A DIOS MOMO.  This magical and vivid story of Obdulio a cheerful eleven-year-old Afro-Uruguayan boy who lives with his devoted grandmother and two sisters. The Underground Railroad Film Series continues the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center’s Afro-Latino focus, exploring the intersections between Black and Brown people in the Americas. African slaves were brought... [Read more]


RETURN

RETURN

RETURN propels us into the unseen world of indigenous African medicine through ritual, spiritual connections and sacrifice.  Through exclusive visits with traditional healers across the African continent, we experience their ancient practices first hand. The film chronicles the journey of two African American professionals as they reconnect to the cultures of their ancestry, and encounter their own... [Read more]


BLACKING UP: HIP-HOP’S REMIX OF RACE AND IDENTITY

BLACKING UP: HIP-HOP’S REMIX OF RACE AND IDENTITY

Photo courtesy of Indiana University This ambitious and hard-hitting documentary looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America’s white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry and cultural appropriation? A much needed anecdote to much of the unsophisticated... [Read more]


“FLAGS, FEATHERS AND LIES” Wins Jury Award

“FLAGS, FEATHERS AND LIES” Wins Jury Award

Behind the luxurious extravaganza of the famous Mardi Gras in New Orleans on the desolate back streets, devastated by Katrina, survives one of the most ancestral and hidden celebrations of the African-American population: “The Mardi Gras Indian”. The Mardi Gras Indians date back to the time of slavery as a tribute to the Native American tribes in Lousiana sho helped slaves runaway from the plantations... [Read more]


“BURN: The Evolution of An American City” Wins Audience Award

“BURN: The Evolution of An American City” Wins Audience Award

BURN is a documentary based on the 1921 race riot in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the 16 hours of rioting, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, 35 city blocks were destroyed by fire, an estimated 10,000 people were left homeless and according to a Red Cross report close to 300 people were killed; making the Tulsa race riot the worst in US History.... [Read more]


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