Black Art/Independent Films

[.r.]

Difret 2014



"After she kills her abductor, a 14-year-old teenager challenges Ethiopia's tradition of kidnapping girls and forcing them into marriage."

A very interesting story, about how a different culture views women rights and crime. The movie has subtitles, yet the actors body language, and expressions display a universal understand. Not a quick placed film, but different in regardless to most African movies with white saviors or civil war backdrops. In fact the beautiful scenery, hides the true horrors of this situation .

 

[mson]

On PBS right now.

 

[.r.]

Beyond the lights (2014)

Great cast, major props for showing a Black couple in love. Yet somewhat tragic mulatto theme movie(No faq shyt/No white saviors).

 

[.r.]

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)

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[Big Boss]

 

[.r.]

 

[Knicksman20]

That was CJ Wallace in the trailer

 

[mr x]

dat studio tho...

 

[mr x]

Talk about a team effort. Was looking at the credits and there's 8 different prod. companies involved, for a total of 30 producers.

That's definitely the most producers I've ever seem for one film.

 

[.r.]

Toni trains as a boxer with her brother at a community center in Cincinnati’s West End, but becomes fascinated by the dance team that also practices there. Enamored by their strength and confidence, Toni eventually joins the group, eagerly absorbing routines, mastering drills, and even piercing her own ears to fit in. As she discovers the joys of dance and of female camaraderie, she grapples with her individual identity amid her newly defined social sphere.

Shortly after Toni joins the team, the captain faints during practice. By the end of the week, most of the girls on the team suffer from episodes of fainting, swooning, moaning, and shaking in a seemingly uncontrollable catharsis. Soon, however, the girls on the team embrace these mysterious spasms, transforming them into a rite of passage. Toni fears “the fits” but is equally afraid of losing her place just as she’s found her footing. Caught between her need for control and her desire for acceptance, Toni must decide how far she will go to embody her new ideals.

 

[O.Red]

Yohance & The Ekangeni Crystal. African Space Opera

 

[.r.]

African rebels force a village girl (Rachel Mwanza) to kill her own parents and join their army, but a miraculous event makes the rebels think she has supernatural powers.

 

[PlaidShirtHipsterBoy]

I have been waiting for Knucklehead to come out since I seen the preview. it deals with mental illness.

 

[.r.]

 

[BuckFilly]

I see I missed some gems