Sentences with phrase «made by black filmmakers»

It's rare for the film about the black experience, made by black filmmakers, to break into in the conversation at all, and when they do, the standards are always ridiculously high.

I have never heard of this critic, though I think its interesting that someone pointed out that he'll rush to the defense of films made by black filmmakers, regardless of quality, and its probably true.

Four of five films vying for Best Documentary were made by black filmmakers, including the poignant 13th from Ava DuVernay, the first black woman to be nominated in this category.

Surely many would have preferred Detroit had been made by black filmmakers, but no one ever stepped up to tell the story.

The forecast: A historical epic about African Americans and racism made by a black filmmaker sells for a lot of money at Sundance — the obvious comparison point is to 2016's «The Birth of a Nation.»

Not exact matches

Probably more than any other filmmaker, his name evokes instant expectations on the part of audiences: at least two or three great chills (and a few more good ones), some striking black comedy, and an eccentric characterization or two in every one of the director's movies.Originally trained at a technical school, Hitchcock gravitated to movies through art courses and advertising, and by the mid -»20s he was making his first films.

Having made appearances in international productions like Robert Aldrich's Too Late The Hero and Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza (written by Paul and Leonard Schrader) in the Seventies, Takakura continued to work with foreign filmmakers in Ridley Scott's Black Rain and with Tom Selleck in Mr. Baseball, as well as with Chinese director Zhang Yimou in 2005's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, securing his superstar status in that country as well.

Black transgender director Yance Ford just made history by becoming the first trans filmmaker ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Red Christmas is both written and directed by Australian actor - filmmaker Craig Anderson, making his feature directorial debut after numerous short films and TV work including «Double the Fist», «Black Comedy», and «How Not to Behave».

Check out the clip below and pick up a copy of the Blu - ray, which features 11 deleted scenes; commentary by Anderson and Owen Wilson; The Making of Bottle Rocket, an original documentary by filmmaker Barry Braverman with interviews with the cast and crew; and the original black - and - white Bottle Rocket short film.

Robin Hood is directed by English filmmaker Otto Bathurst, a veteran TV director (episodes of «Peaky Blinders», «Black Mirror», «Criminal Justice», «Hustle», «UGetMe») making his feature film directorial debut with this.

In its first weekend alone, Black Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated superhero film ever made and the top grossing movie directed by a black filmmBlack Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated superhero film ever made and the top grossing movie directed by a black filmmblack filmmaker.

4 — Pioneers of African - American Cinema (Kino Lorber, Blu - ray, DVD) is the first comprehensive effort devoted to collecting and preserving feature films and shorts produced between 1915 and 1946 for black audiences, most of them made by African - American filmmakers.

It's a daring choice by a filmmaker to make a nearly silent black and white film, and that he's able to pretty much pull it off is quite amazing.

The exhibition will include 100 of his unfired clay objects in addition to two documentary films on his work: «Sonny Ford:» Delta Artist, made by William Ferris in Leland, Mississippi in 1969 and JAMES «SON FORD» THOMAS: ARTIST made by filmmakers Jeffrey Wolf and Zach Wolf, using footage shot of Thomas in 1982 while exhibiting his work as part of the seminal touring exhibition Black Folk Art in America, 1930 - 1980, which has been edited on the occasion of this exhibition.

An artist, filmmaker, and cinematographer, Jafa is a big collector of images of the black experience, both still and moving, and the show at Serpentine was an assembly of vital still and moving images, including still and moving images made by other people, like Ming Smith and Khalil Joseph.