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Colman Domingo to Play Activist Bayard Rustin in Obamas’ First Narrative Film
Rustin, from Higher Ground Productions, also stars Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, and Audra McDonald.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Is Rereleasing Legendary Filmmaker Haile Gerima’s 'SANKOFA' On Netflix
This is groundbreaking! Ava Duvernay’s ARRAY is set to restore and re-release legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima’s SANKOFA on Netflix. Gerima is a native of Ethiopia who moved to the US in 1967. His 1993 film SANKOFA was the first-of-its-kind story that tells the story of Black resistance. He crea...
TODAY at 6:30PM!! Join us for a screening of THE WIZ at East River Plaza! Go to imagenation.us/outdoors to RSVP
TODAY at 6:30PM!! Join us for a screening of THE WIZ at East River Plaza! Go to imagenation.us/outdoors to RSVP
Join us this Friday at 6:30PM for a screening of THE WIZ at East River Plaza! Go to imagenation.us/outdoors to RSVP
Join us this Friday at 6:30PM for a screening of THE WIZ at East River Plaza! Go to imagenation.us/outdoors to RSVP
TODAY at 6:30PM!
RSVP At imagenation.us/outdoors
"Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a vast, chaotic mega-city of 12 million. Water is privatized and the electric grid is capricious. Here, street artists’ performances are wildly creative, angry, irreverent, often shocking. With names like Kongo Astronaut, Strombo, and Kill Bill, they masterfully repurpose urban detritus (computer parts, TV sets, bullet shells, machetes) and work with fire and paint, wax and blood — to critique government corruption, Western exploitation (their nation was literally once the private property of Belgium’s King Léopold II), and entrenched poverty. SYSTEM K reveals a vibrant, raw, politically astute world of performance art the likes of which exist nowhere else on earth." - Film Forum
#ImageNationOutdoors #ILoveSolCinema #SystemK
TODAY at 6:30PM!
RSVP At imagenation.us/outdoors
"Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a vast, chaotic mega-city of 12 million. Water is privatized and the electric grid is capricious. Here, street artists’ performances are wildly creative, angry, irreverent, often shocking. With names like Kongo Astronaut, Strombo, and Kill Bill, they masterfully repurpose urban detritus (computer parts, TV sets, bullet shells, machetes) and work with fire and paint, wax and blood — to critique government corruption, Western exploitation (their nation was literally once the private property of Belgium’s King Léopold II), and entrenched poverty. SYSTEM K reveals a vibrant, raw, politically astute world of performance art the likes of which exist nowhere else on earth." - Film Forum
#ImageNationOutdoors #ILoveSolCinema #SystemK
This Friday September 10th at 6:30PM!
RSVP At imagenation.us/outdoors
"Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a vast, chaotic mega-city of 12 million. Water is privatized and the electric grid is capricious. Here, street artists’ performances are wildly creative, angry, irreverent, often shocking. With names like Kongo Astronaut, Strombo, and Kill Bill, they masterfully repurpose urban detritus (computer parts, TV sets, bullet shells, machetes) and work with fire and paint, wax and blood — to critique government corruption, Western exploitation (their nation was literally once the private property of Belgium’s King Léopold II), and entrenched poverty. SYSTEM K reveals a vibrant, raw, politically astute world of performance art the likes of which exist nowhere else on earth." - Film Forum
#ImageNationOutdoors #ILoveSolCinema #SystemK
This Friday September 10th at 6:30PM!
RSVP At imagenation.us/outdoors
"Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a vast, chaotic mega-city of 12 million. Water is privatized and the electric grid is capricious. Here, street artists’ performances are wildly creative, angry, irreverent, often shocking. With names like Kongo Astronaut, Strombo, and Kill Bill, they masterfully repurpose urban detritus (computer parts, TV sets, bullet shells, machetes) and work with fire and paint, wax and blood — to critique government corruption, Western exploitation (their nation was literally once the private property of Belgium’s King Léopold II), and entrenched poverty. SYSTEM K reveals a vibrant, raw, politically astute world of performance art the likes of which exist nowhere else on earth." - Film Forum
#ImageNationOutdoors #ILoveSolCinema #SystemK
The world mourns the loss of another bright star. Michael K. Williams, known most for his role on the Wire, as well as Lovecraft Country, Boardwalk Empire and many other amazing works, died at the age of 54. RIP brother, we'll miss you
Mr. Williams, who also starred in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Lovecraft Country,” was best known for his role as Omar Little in the David Simon HBO series.
Rain or Shine join us this Friday Sept. 3rd, at Bronx Terminal Market for “Raya and The Last Dragon!” & Oscar®-Winning short film, “Hair Love.”
📅 Movie Date: Friday September, 3rd
📍Location: Bronx Terminal Market Rooftop, Level 6
✨ Pre-show Family Fun: 6:30pm
⏱Movie Time: 7:30pm
🍿FREE Festivities include Live DJ, Photo Booth, Popcorn and other Giveaways! Make sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs.
🌟Seating is limited.
#family #movienight #bronx #familyfun #rayaandthelastdragon #ShopBTM #btmcommunity
Rain or Shine join us this Friday Sept. 3rd, at Bronx Terminal Market for “Raya and The Last Dragon!” & Oscar®-Winning short film, “Hair Love.”
📅 Movie Date: Friday September, 3rd
📍Location: Bronx Terminal Market Rooftop, Level 6
✨ Pre-show Family Fun: 6:30pm
⏱Movie Time: 7:30pm
🍿FREE Festivities include Live DJ, Photo Booth, Popcorn and other Giveaways! Make sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs.
🌟Seating is limited.
#family #movienight #bronx #familyfun #rayaandthelastdragon #ShopBTM #btmcommunity
Join us Friday!
It's unlikely that you've "never been south of 125th Street", so mark your calendars for The Wiz and "ease on down" to East River Plaza on 8/28.
Thanks to the 19th Annual ImageNation Cinema Foundation Outdoors festival you have until September 18th to enjoy this and more free events around Harlem. View the list of films + music and RSVP today: http://ow.ly/FAzG50FOWYA
Which movie(s) are you planning to see.
Kara Walker unveils never-before-seen drawings grappling with race, gender, and violence
In this new episode of ‘Meet the artists’, she discusses her extraordinary cache of works on paper on show at Kunstmuseum Basel
RIP Menelik...
Menelik Shabazz, the impactful British filmmaker, has died at 67. The news has been widely circulated on social media, with numerous people who worked closely with the director confirming his passi…
Awww, shuckie, duckie now! You ready?! 'Member when we showed "They Die By Dawn"? Jeymes Samuel is back!
When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus do...
Today's Music Feature is Sunni Colón's "Provide"
“Influences from Africa and Brazil, along with my musical knowledge of the ’70s and ’80s, inspired my new single [...] I worked through and arranged gliding horns and a bridge with a dazzling flute solo, that invokes early ’70s jazz-funk explorations, before ultimately devolving into an atonal piano outro.” - Sunni Colón
http://ow.ly/yZKv50EYdS4
PROVIDEDirected by Sunni ColónProduced by TETSU Studios Production: Sunni ColónTamerat Bezabeh Kanna TakeuchiCinematography by Taylor Harris Hair/Make up by...
Now at the Virtual Sōl Cinema Cafe!
EVERYTHING: The Real Thing Story
Directed by Simon Sheridan, 93 min, UK, 2019
Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.
Stream at solcinemacafe.com/onlinefilms
Now at the Virtual Sōl Cinema Cafe!
EVERYTHING: The Real Thing Story
Directed by Simon Sheridan, 93 min, UK, 2019
Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.
Stream at solcinemacafe.com/onlinefilms
Today's Cinema Feature: Asinnajaq's "Three Thousand"
"In this short film, Inuk artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present, past and future of her people in a radiant new light.
Diving into the NFB’s vast archive, she parses the complicated cinematic representation of the Inuit, harvesting fleeting truths and fortuitous accidents from a range of sources—newsreels, propaganda, ethnographic docs, and work by Indigenous filmmakers. Embedding historic footage into original animation, she conjures up a vision of hope and beautiful possibility." - National Film Board of Canada
Watch here: http://ow.ly/6ncv50ESPva
Today's Cinema Feature: Asinnajaq's "Three Thousand"
"In this short film, Inuk artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present, past and future of her people in a radiant new light.
Diving into the NFB’s vast archive, she parses the complicated cinematic representation of the Inuit, harvesting fleeting truths and fortuitous accidents from a range of sources—newsreels, propaganda, ethnographic docs, and work by Indigenous filmmakers. Embedding historic footage into original animation, she conjures up a vision of hope and beautiful possibility." - National Film Board of Canada
Watch here: http://ow.ly/6ncv50ESPva
Today's Music Feature: Introvert by Little Simz
"Through her engaging observations, Simz turns 'Introvert' into an elaborate portrait of inner turmoil. [...] She realizes she bottles up all of her most fretful emotions and can only exorcise them through her music. 'One day I’m wordless, next day I’m a wordsmith/Close to success but to happiness I’m the furthest,' she raps, tumbling words out in stark admission of vulnerability." - Pitchfork
Watch the music video here: http://ow.ly/6Jkf50ERRRT
Today's Music Feature: Introvert by Little Simz
"Through her engaging observations, Simz turns 'Introvert' into an elaborate portrait of inner turmoil. [...] She realizes she bottles up all of her most fretful emotions and can only exorcise them through her music. 'One day I’m wordless, next day I’m a wordsmith/Close to success but to happiness I’m the furthest,' she raps, tumbling words out in stark admission of vulnerability." - Pitchfork
Watch the music video here: http://ow.ly/6Jkf50ERRRT
Today's Visual Art Feature: Rashid Johnson's "Antoine's Organ"
"Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, materiality, and critical history. " - Hauser and Wirth
#visualart #contemporaryart #installation #sculpture #rashidjohnson #antoinesorgan
Today's Visual Art Feature: Rashid Johnson's "Antoine's Organ"
"Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, materiality, and critical history. " - Hauser and Wirth
#visualart #contemporaryart #installation #sculpture #rashidjohnson #antoinesorgan
May 20, 7PM! ImageNation's MUSE: Black Art Unseen fuses music, movement, and visual presentation to take a deep dive into unexplored areas of Black creativity. Collectively, these films center artists as the subject and challenge our systems of traditional and mainstream Western creativity to ask the questions: What drives us to innovate? How does our creativity impact communities? and How do we honor our legacies and find freedom through self-expression?
More information and tickets go to http://ow.ly/jiQN50EIu0i
May 20, 7PM! ImageNation's MUSE: Black Art Unseen fuses music, movement, and visual presentation to take a deep dive into unexplored areas of Black creativity. Collectively, these films center artists as the subject and challenge our systems of traditional and mainstream Western creativity to ask the questions: What drives us to innovate? How does our creativity impact communities? and How do we honor our legacies and find freedom through self-expression?
More information and tickets go to http://ow.ly/jiQN50EIu0i
![Today's Music Feature: Coco Blood by Celeste."Coco Blood is a coming of age song. [...] The main lyric ‘are you warm en...](https://external.fybz2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQGWmeH81J-50xd7&w=1280&h=720&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FIsyDwRFpPkM%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&crop&sx=0&sy=0&sw=1280&sh=720&ext=emg0&_nc_oe=6ed1d&_nc_sid=632586&ccb=3-5&_nc_hash=AQFHiImCJUpLTlsH)
Today's Music Feature: Coco Blood by Celeste.
"Coco Blood is a coming of age song. [...] The main lyric ‘are you warm enough’ is about an inner conversation with yourself. It’s asking yourself the question, ‘are you strong enough, are you good enough, are you determined enough to achieve and acquire all the things that you wish for and desire.” - Celeste
Watch the music video here: http://ow.ly/NKso50EPoNN
Not Your Muse – The debut album by Celeste out Jan 29thPre-order: https://Celeste.lnk.to/NotYourMuseIDOfficial store exclusives: https://celeste.lnk.to/NotYo...
May 20, 7PM! ImageNation's MUSE: Black Art Unseen fuses music, movement, and visual presentation to take a deep dive into unexplored areas of Black creativity. Collectively, these films center artists as the subject and challenge our systems of traditional and mainstream Western creativity to ask the questions: What drives us to innovate? How does our creativity impact communities? and How do we honor our legacies and find freedom through self-expression?
More information and tickets go to http://ow.ly/jiQN50EIu0i
May 20, 7PM! ImageNation's MUSE: Black Art Unseen fuses music, movement, and visual presentation to take a deep dive into unexplored areas of Black creativity. Collectively, these films center artists as the subject and challenge our systems of traditional and mainstream Western creativity to ask the questions: What drives us to innovate? How does our creativity impact communities? and How do we honor our legacies and find freedom through self-expression?
More information and tickets go to http://ow.ly/jiQN50EIu0i
Today's Performing Arts feature: Bill T. Jones in Story/Time (2014)
"Story/Time is a meditation on John Cage’s Indeterminacy, a 1958 work in which Cage read ninety stories, each one minute long. … Engaging with this seminal work allowed me to examine and interrogate a system of thought and practice grounded in ideas held by many—myself included—striving to understand how Eastern thought, liberation philosophy, and art could be used to redefine reality for both the maker and his or her audience.” - Bill T. Jones
Today's Performing Arts feature: Bill T. Jones in Story/Time (2014)
"Story/Time is a meditation on John Cage’s Indeterminacy, a 1958 work in which Cage read ninety stories, each one minute long. … Engaging with this seminal work allowed me to examine and interrogate a system of thought and practice grounded in ideas held by many—myself included—striving to understand how Eastern thought, liberation philosophy, and art could be used to redefine reality for both the maker and his or her audience.” - Bill T. Jones
Remembering the do******ix who made her subs read Black feminist theory as part of pleasure - Face2Face Africa
The Chicago based do******ix Mistress Velvet was known tp have the men who submitted to her read Black feminist theory as part of the process
Today's Music Feature: Good In You by Seinabo Sey
"Armed with an infectious groove, ‘Good In You’ is mid-tempo jam which showcases Seinabo’s soulful and powerful vocals. The track, which was added to Spotify’s prestigious New Music Friday on its day of release, has a real feel-good vibe." - K. Rees
Check out the music video here: http://ow.ly/7BFP50EIubf
Today's Music Feature: Good In You by Seinabo Sey
"Armed with an infectious groove, ‘Good In You’ is mid-tempo jam which showcases Seinabo’s soulful and powerful vocals. The track, which was added to Spotify’s prestigious New Music Friday on its day of release, has a real feel-good vibe." - K. Rees
Check out the music video here: http://ow.ly/7BFP50EIubf
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The Essence Festival must have been epic!
#PRESSPLAY: #ImageNation presents a special musical reading of "REPARATIONS The Musical!". Only TWO days. RSVP today! #ItsStillBlackHistoryMonth #WheresOurReparations RSVP HERE: https://imagenation-cinema-foundation.ticketleap.com/reparations/dates
This Saturday, 6PM at Marcus Garvey Park! #BLACKGIRLMAGIC #freeadmission #liveperformances #ilovesoulcinema #ilovesoulmusic
Tomorrow, 6PM at St.Nicholas park!! Don't miss an afternoon of FREE children's activities and screening of Disney's Queen of Katwe! #ImageNationOutdoors #freeadmission
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