In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free. Starring, written and directed by Adepero Oduye, who also starred in Pariah and Twelve Years a Slave. Cinematography by Oscar-nominated Bradford Young.
Also in this combined programme
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Tribute to Malcolm X
A commemoration of the four-year anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. -
Malcolm X Liberation University
The 1960s black student movement at Duke University evolved into a separate institution to study and engage with the history and culture of the Africa -
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Home Movie Excerpts from Cab Calloway on Tour in South America and the Caribbean
16 mm Kodachrome silent home movies mixed with audio excerpts taken from Cab Calloway’s personal acetate master recordings and his radio quiz sh -
August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People
Ava DuVernay’s short film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on that date in different years.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- File
