https://deadline.com/2023/02/spike-lee-bfi-fellowship-angela-bassett-1235258347/#respond

#spikelee #bfi #cinema #BlackCinema

See this film! If you are in NYC run to Film Forum in lower Manhattan and see this Baldwin documentary before it leaves this week. (Hopefully it will be extended.)

Oh, my God. This film! These films. These three shorts are without a doubt the best vision into the man and his political and cultural acuity I've experienced. Yes, more so than even "I Am Not Your Negro".

What a powerful spirit.

#jamesbaldwin #jamesbaldwinabroad #filmforum #documentary #blackcinema

Yusuke, (born c. 1550s) was a Black samurai who served the daimyo Oda Nabunaga (a Japanese warrior & government official) in Japan during the Sengoku ("warring states") period. He was the first known foreigner to achieve samurai status."
- Britannica.com

A film starring #ChadwickBoseman as Yasuke was announced in 2019 before the actor’s death in 2020.
A Yasuke anime series was released on #Netflix in 2021

#BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #Anime #BlackCinema #BlackHistory

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ijKAtzQY1wc

"Yusuke, (born c. 1550s) was a Black samurai who served the daimyo Oda Nabunaga (a Japanese warrior & government official) in Japan during the Sengoku ("warring states") period. He was the first known foreigner to achieve samurai status."
- Britannica.com

A film starring  #ChadwickBoseman as Yasuke was announced in 2019 before the actor’s death in 2020.
A Yasuke anime series was released on #Netflix in 2021
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ijKAtzQY1wc

#BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #Anime #BlackCinema #BlackHistory

It's necessary to change the negative narrative re. POC & Africa.

The Exhibit Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 displays work by Black actors & cinematographers
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/19/black-americans-history-film-making

"[These films give] you a lens into how African Americans might have seen themselves,” says Regester. “Those artists, subverted ... [racist] representations, even if they couldn’t do so overtly, but covertly and subtly.”

https://www.academymuseum.org/en/exhibitions/regeneration-black-cinema

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Film #BlackCinema

It's necessary to change the negative narrative re. POC & Africa.

The Exhibit Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 displays work by Black actors & cinematographers
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/19/black-americans-history-film-making

"[These films give] you a lens into how African Americans might have seen themselves,” says Regester. “Those artists, subverted ... [racist] representations, even if they couldn’t do so overtly, but covertly and subtly.”

https://www.academymuseum.org/en/exhibitions/regeneration-black-cinema

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Film #BlackCinema