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Hollywood must widen its angle
Seattle Times staff columnist
Danny Glover says a handful of men control what we see in movie theaters, but it doesn't have to be that way.
He's been urging people to get the word out about worthwhile films, tell their neighbors, get their churches to churn up an audience for good entertainment.Two of his recent independent films book-ended the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival in Seattle. "Honeydripper," by independent filmmaker John Sayles, opened the festival on April 12, and "Namibia: The Struggle for Independence," directed by Charles Burnett, closed it on April 20.
The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival opens in Seattle on Saturday
Seattle Times movie critic
The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival marks its fifth anniversary this year, unspooling Saturday through April 20 with 41 features, documentaries and short films. As always, notes festival curator Zola Mumford, it's a celebration of storytelling — and, this year, of many local filmmakers. (Read On)
The African American Film Festival is a fine example of community-based exhibition
While the African American Film Festival, now in its fifth year, is marked by steady success, it's not yet a player in the cinema circuit. But that's okay. The intent seems to be sparking local dialogue, and at this, the Festival excels.
By Tom Keogh, CrossCut (Read On)
African American Film Fest Returns
Wide variety of cinematic stories are told during nine day event
By Monica Foster of The Skanner
This month, in just nine days, the 5th Annual African American Film Festival will screen more than 40 feature-length and short films by independent filmmakers. The films include documentaries, film shorts, animation and narratives at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center. (Read On)
Langston Hughes Center hosts African American Film Fest
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (LHPAC) will host its fifth annual Afrcan American Film Festival through April 20.
All festival activities take place at the historic Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center on 17th and Yesler (104 17th Ave. S.
The African American Film Festival runs consecutive nights through Sunday, April 20.
On that evening, the festival will wrap with a special showing of "Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation" and the film's director, Charles Burnett will be on hand to discuss his work. (Read On)
Langston Hughes Film Festival Turns 5!
Film schedules updates and highlights
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2007 Langston Hughes Film Festival Grows and It Shows By Moira Macdonald The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival took a big jump last year, expanding from three days to nine. Now in its fourth year, the festival is back and even bigger: still nine days long, but now with 48 feature-length and short films, up from around 40 in 2006. "We survived the test of last year!" said festival curator Zola Mumford, happy relief in her voice. Read on 2006
Three's the charm for African American Film Festival By DENISE MILLER The Central District's Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center will kick off its third annual African American Film Festival this Saturday with the premiere of three locally made short films, a panel discussion with the filmmakers, and a reception.
THIRD ANNUAL LANGSTON HUGHES AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Seattle Post-Intelligencer For local artists of color, film fest is a showcase and a place to build community Langston Hughes festival offers filmmakers of color an opportunity to network .By ATHIMA CHANSANCHAI P-I REPORTER
Seattle Times Langston Hughes film festival gets huge Seattle Times movie critic
Seattle Weekly Documentaries stand out at this annual fest. By Brian Miller Seattle Weekly Every ethnic group gets its own film festival because every ethnic group, in one way or another, has been misrepresented, insulted, or misused by Hollywood...
The Stranger African American Film Fest Thru This Sunday Posted by JOSH FEIT at 02:47 PM4.17.06 Three cheers because last night, they screened The Untold Story of Emmett Till, and had the filmmaker, Keith Beauchamp, there for a Q&A. I’ve been dying to see the movie since it caused a stir two years ago after forcing the feds to reopen the Till case.
Columnist Jerry Large A plea to remember Defender By Jerry Large Seattle Times staff columnist There are no black newspapers like the Chicago Defender today, not even the Chicago Defender. You know how significant The New York Times is. Well, the Defender was once more important to black folks, and its influence touched the whole nation. Its publisher was a confidante of presidents, and leading thinkers shared their opinions in its pages. Its story is bound up with the history of 20th-century America. That includes its decline as the freedoms it helped champion gave readers and writers other choices. I saw some of that history in "Paper Trail: 100 Years of the Chicago Defender," a documentary that was screened at the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival this week.
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