Tag: Retrospective

[ad_1] Sembène was a great activist, a man of extraordinary contradiction who brooked no dissent in his ferocious drive to speak truth to power on behalf of, yes, his people…

[ad_1] While the 1960s saw a rise in Japanese noir, many of these films—like the popular Nikkatsu noir and Yakuza films—centered on the criminal underworld as it adapted to modern…

[ad_1] “Orlando” Going back a bit to “Orlando” and this restoration …  Thirty years! How do you feel about it being the film that most people know you for? It…

[ad_1] Baadasssss! (2004), directed by Mario Van Peebles “Mario Van Peebles was 13 when the movie was being made, and was pressed into service by his father to play Sweetback as…

[ad_1] Because we were so inconspicuous, I could steal shots of our environment. I kept an eye open for, and often captured, those ‘happy accidents’ when amazing or unusual or…