An older title brought back into circulation is All Day's expanded DVD release of Ganja and Hess (1983), which features an overly appreciative commentary with the director, co-star, cinematographer, and the film's composer, Sam Waymon, bubbling about a seminal work by
independent black filmmakers that's either a lost masterpiece, or an indulgent, narrative mess to some.
Not exact matches
Made for PBS's American Masters series,
Black and Bernstein's Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny captures something of the work process that this definitive
independent filmmaker has sustained for nearly 30 years, particularly his commitment to his base in Austin and to regional filmmaking.
Documentary
filmmaker Stanley Nelson also won Outstanding
Independent Documentary for the film, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of
Black Colleges and Universities.
Named one of «25 New Faces of
Independent Film» by
Filmmaker Magazine for 2017, she tells stories about
black girls and women who find themselves between worlds and identities.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and NYU Graduate Film School, recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Award and Spike Lee Fellowship, Rashaad Ernesto Green has been included on the
Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of
Independent Film list and indieWIRE's Ten Exciting New Voices in
Black Cinema.
Developed in response to a new generation of
filmmakers who were producing works outside the studio system, the series presented
independent and experimental films that reflected many of the key issues of the day, from the Vietnam War, drugs, and the
Black Panthers, to homosexuality and the women's liberation movement.