What I’m trying to do is theorize a way to create a brand new Black cinema,” Skinner Myers says. “Like a new Black cinematic language that does not adhere to anything that’s Eurocentric or Hollywood.” And Myers’ feature film, The Sleeping … Continue reading Skinner Myers on THE SLEEPING NEGRO
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about the 44th Denver Film Festival‘s opening night film, Spencer, one from the Colorado Spotlight sidebar, The Sleeping Negro, and another playing Women+Film, Ballad of … Continue reading
Reporting from the Denver Film Festival. With a nod to the writings of James Baldwin, Skinner Myers’ The Sleeping Negro consists of two conversations about race and revolution punctuated by a call to action and the dramatic rendering of theoretical decisions. In … Continue reading THE SLEEPING NEGRO
What does home mean to you? That’s the question Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen poses to Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee on the eve of marrying his boyfriend. Amin has a story from his past to tell. And until he does, there … Continue reading Escape the Virtual/Experience/The Virtual Escape: The 44th Denver Film Festival
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