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The Yasuke Reclamation: Moving the African Samurai From Colonial Novelty to Global South Hero

The Yasuke Reclamation: Moving the African Samurai From Colonial Novelty to Global South Hero

Animation Oct 14, 2025

The story of Yasuke, the African samurai, has become a global Rorschach test. For Hollywood, he is a box-office premise. For gamers, a controversial character.

But for those of us engaged in global Black cinema, he represents a far more urgent question: Who has the right to tell our stories — and from what soil must those stories grow?

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Niyah’s Multiverse: Chicago’s Afrofuturist Lineage from Sun Ra to Adler Planetarium

Niyah’s Multiverse: Chicago’s Afrofuturist Lineage from Sun Ra to Adler Planetarium

AnimationExhibitionFeaturesReflectionsShowcaseTrailersWomenWriting September 23, 2025

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, brother, partner and uncle Menelik Shabazz, age 67.

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INTERVIEW: Logan Coles – Producer Rising

INTERVIEW: Logan Coles – Producer Rising

FeaturesInterviews September 23, 2025

As film and television is thrust into an ever-changing landscape with the advent of streaming and digital distribution, the art of storytelling remains the same. The craft of storytelling is still a process. As producing/writing partner to one Hollywood’s biggest stars, Logan Coles continues to rise with the past... Read more
Living within the Frame

Living within the Frame

CommentaryFeatures September 23, 2025

A critique of the movie, Sinners When I first saw Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, I was thrilled. Here was a modern, vibrant film made by a Black filmmaker, brimming with style and confidence. I admired it. I felt its freshness. And yet, I also knew I had... Read more
Memorial: Menelik Shabazz 1952-2021

Memorial: Menelik Shabazz 1952-2021

FeaturesReflectionsShowcaseUncategorized July 1, 2021

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, brother, partner and uncle Menelik Shabazz, age 67.

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The Marketing of Black Power and Black Rage in The Watchmen TV series

The Marketing of Black Power and Black Rage in The Watchmen TV series

Features January 27, 2020

No doubt taking its cues from the global fiscal and critical success of Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film Black Panther and also the racially divided national politics of the US, David Lindelof has revamped the superhero Watchmen series to address the actual history of anti-Black violence in the United States... Read more
INTERVIEW: Monty Ross – A Film Producer’s Journey

INTERVIEW: Monty Ross – A Film Producer’s Journey

FeaturesInterviews October 3, 2019

Monty Ross is part of a vanguard that took the independent filmmaking industry and world by storm, helping to make Spike Lee a household name and his production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, legendary. Ross and Spike Lee began their relationship as teenagers when they met at... Read more
The New Path

The New Path

Features June 13, 2019

Commentary on African American filmmaking exploring new terrain from the shadows of the past At the annual South by Southwest Film Festival this past March the movie which garnered the most attention and acclaim was the film Jezebel, the first feature film by filmmaker and artist Numa Perrier. In... Read more
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