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 of the culinary arts and, we will screen a powerful, poignant documentary that follows the paths of three students in Philly's Frankford High. There's a force-of-nature behind the door to Room 325 at Frankford High School in Philadelphia. ...
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 to Uruguay, a small country between Brazil and Argentina mostly to work in the cities as servants and construction workers. Slavery is long gone but most Uruguayan blacks are locked into the same jobs as their ancestors; 80 per cent work in the service ...
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 personal awakenings. RETURN (2006, 56 minutes, USA) Various languages with English subtitles Director/Cinematographer: Damani Baker Date: TBD Time: TBD
BLACKING UP: HIP-HOP’S REMIX OF RACE AND IDENTITY
[caption id="attachment_1600" align="aligncenter" width="519" caption="Photo courtesy of Indiana University"][/caption] 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 analysis of youth culture that floods our airways and our newspapers. 'Blacking Up' wrestles with the ambiguity and the consequence of cultural borrowing. Lonnie Bunch , National Museum of African American History & Culture The film presents ...
“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 seeking their freedom. Dressed in splendorous costumes of bright feathers, the Indian Chiefs reenact with rituals and songs the roots and historical struggles of their community. These rituals and songs are one of the main sources of ...
“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. In this documentary writer, director and co-producer Harold Jackson III explores the effects of this horrific riot and how to this day the 16 hour event still has a huge ...
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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
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 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
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
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 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]
