Tag: Imagenation

Black Cinema Shines: The Prep School Negro

June 9, 2011 – Lincoln Center –  ImageNation led another sold out film even at  the Walter Reade theatre last night. The  film was Prep School  Negro – a documentary about the director’s struggle in attending one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country, having hailed from a lower income neighborhood in Philly. Director Andre Robert Lee was on hand and introduced … Read More Black Cinema Shines: The Prep School Negro

Black Cinema Shines

Black Movie. Urban Movie. “Ethnic” Movie. The thought, let alone the actual words, stirs up so much drama and controversy. CC doesn’t necessarily care about “mainstream”. No, I am more interested in a steady stream… So the success of movements like ImageNation and Affrm are,  well,  moving. They prove that while Tyler Perry performs a very useful function in black cinema (longggggggg sip),  he … Read More Black Cinema Shines

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