In this Skype interview, Branwen Okpako, director of The Education of Auma Obama talks about her journey in the making of the documentary film about President Barack Obama’s sister Auma, in “a captivating and intimate portrait of the U.S. president’s older half-sister, who embodies a post-colonial, feminist identity.” Wednesday, March…(Read More)

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Exploring dilemmas of culture and race, Sarah Bouyain’s debut feature tells dovetailing stories of African women living in France. Amy is a young biracial woman whose mother is from Burkina Faso. At the age of eight, she was “reclaimed” by her father and went to live with him in France. His death 20 or…(Read More)

The Story of Lover’s Rock UK 2011, 96 min Director: Menelik Shabazz This is first and foremost a film about Black Social Dance. The US parallel would be the “slow-dance,” the “Bop,” “Sunset Bop.”  Under dark blue or red lights in a crowded room young men and women came together to experience the…(Read More)

Wed, Nov 30, 7pm, ICE Theaters Lawndale 3330 W Roosevelt Admission: $5.00 Thurs, Dec 1, 7pm, ICE Theaters Chatham 210 W 87th St Admission: $5.00 THE NINE MUSES (UK 2011, 94 min HDCinema) Directed by John Akomfrah | TRAILER “Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses wraps the viewer in literature, music and archive footage, summoning…(Read More)

Wed, Nov 2, 7:00 pm ICE Theaters Lawndale 3330 W Roosevelt Road Thursday, Nov 3, 7:00 pm ICE Theaters Chatham 210 W 87th Street icetheaters.com | blackworldcinema.net Admission: $5.00 Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975, 2011, Sweden A film by Göran Hugo Olsson 45 Min Panel DIscussion After the film. At…(Read More)

  THE FIRST GRADER, Kenya/UK 2010 Directed by Justin Chadwick starring Oliver Litondo, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge and Nick Reding Wed, Sept 7, 7:00 pm ICE Theaters Lawndale 3330 W Roosevelt Road Thursday, Sept 8, 7:00 pm ICE Theaters Chatham 210 W 87th Street icetheaters.com | blackworldcinema.net Admission: $5.00 In…(Read More)

Wed, Oct 5, 7:00 pm ICE Theaters Lawndale 3330 W Roosevelt Road Thursday, Oct 6, 7:00 pm ICE Theaters Chatham 210 W 87th Street icetheaters.com | blackworldcinema.net Admission: $5.00 Viva Riva 2010, Democratic Republic of Congo, 96 minutes directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga starring Patsha Bay Mukuna, Manie Malone, Hoji…(Read More)

Today’s Senegal. Ramata is a 50 years old woman of bewitching beauty. She has been married for 30 years with Matar Samb, a former Public Prosecutor who then became Minister of Justice. They live in Les Almadies, an upper crust area of Dakar. Ngor Ndong is 25. Strong, mysterious and homeless, he is an…(Read More)