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‘Let the Fire Burn.’ A Film About the MOVE Bombing in 1985, Philadelphia
Via ZeitgeistFilms.com: On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and controversial radical urban group MOVE came to a deadly climax. By order of local authorities, police...
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‘Snake’s Skin’ Makes NYC Debut at ADIFF: Q&A With Ada Babino
By Nicole Crawford-Tichawonna. For nearly 25 years, Ada Babino kept her family inheritance stashed in a trunk under her bed. The luggage didn’t contain wads of cash but something much more valuable to...
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Yolonda Ross Speaks Candidly About “Go For Sisters,” Acting and Choices
By Kara Ford. Yolonda Ross has been carefully carving out a career in film, on television and the stage, choosing roles that allow her to explore unconventional characters and contribute to the...
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BBN Film Recommendation: “Entre Nos”
Via “Entre Nos“ – Mariana (Paola Mendoza) is determined to keep her family together. Her children, Gabriel (Sebastian Villada Lopez), 10, and Andrea (Laura Montana Cortez), 6, have grown up in Colombia...
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’12 Years a Slave’ restores historic firsthand account to cultural consciousness
’12 Years a Slave’ restores historic firsthand account to cultural consciousness (via PBS News Hour) GWEN IFILL: A recently released movie about the peculiar institution known as slavery in America is...
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(Full Speech) Rita Moreno wins SAG lifetime award
(Full Speech) Rita Moreno wins SAG lifetime award (via CNN Video) Rita Moreno talks about getting a lifetime achievement award backstage at the Screen Actors Guild awards. In the 1970s, both Morgan...
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12 Years A Slave: The NY Times Article – I Know It Won Best Picture, But…
It won Best Picture at the Oscars, but I have not watched 12 Years A Slave. I can’t. Having learned about our history in America through books, movies, pictures, and first-hand accounts over the...
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Afro-Cuban Filmmaker Brings Little-Known Caribbean History to Light
By Nicole Crawford-Tichawonna It is fitting that two films by Afro-Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando are being showcased during the month we celebrate women’s history. As one of Cuba’s preeminent...
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(Trailer) The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, by award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Via PBS: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution explores the history of the Black Panthers, founded in...
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Brown-Black Love: BBN Strongly Recommends ‘La Mission’
In the spirit of sharing love shown in excellent filmmaking, BBN strongly recommends writer-director Peter Bratt’s film La Mission. The film, released in 2009, is currently streaming on Netflix. We...
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