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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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What Stories Teach Us About Ourselves & Life

What Stories Teach Us About Ourselves & Life

ProductionWriting February 1, 2020

“After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” Philip Pullman Stories are as old as humankind itself and aren’t just something external to us that we discovered in prehistory. Stories are hardwired into the genetic code of the human-animal. Humans are beings... Read more
INTERVIEW: Scriptwriter to Director

INTERVIEW: Scriptwriter to Director

InterviewsWriting September 30, 2019

Filmmaker Ben Ramsey has had tremendous success in the entertainment industry writing the scripts for The Big Hit and Dragonball Evolution. As a director, he’s successfully framed Love and a Bullet, the martial arts short Black Salt and feature Blood and Bone. During a conversation with bfm, he discusses... Read more
How To Stay Creative as a Writer

How To Stay Creative as a Writer

ProductionWriting September 22, 2019

Creativity is often looked on as though it’s some mystical quality that either you have, or you don’t. We all have creative hotspots we excel in. The things that we find more comfortable to do but produce results that are always impressive. I love plotting stories and is one... Read more
Find Your Unique Voice

Find Your Unique Voice

ProductionWriting July 16, 2019

Having a unique voice is a journey of discovery that can be engineered if you know how, but I fell into it naturally. There are many factors that go into your signature writing style known as your unique voice. Our writing voice comprises of your style and your tone,... Read more
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