African-American cinema – Page 2

‘The Killing Floor’ – integrating the union on Criterion Channel and MUBI

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Bill Gunn directs this independent feature, shot on location in Chicago, dramatizing the struggle to unionize the meat packers during World War I.

What to stream: ‘The Consultant’ on Prime Video, ‘The Woman King’ on Netflix, ‘Babylon’ on Paramount+, ‘EO’ on Criterion Channel

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Plus ‘We Have a Ghost’ and ‘The Strays’ on Netflix, ‘Bruiser’ on Hulu, ‘Smile’ on Prime Video, ‘Alcarras’ on MUBI, ‘Party Down’ returns on Starz, and the launch of Scandinavian streaming service Viaplay.

Leaving soon: Black Film History Pioneers – ‘The Flying Ace’ on Criterion Channel

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This silent adventure is a rare classic featuring an African-American war hero and aviator as the romantic lead of his own adventure.

Leaving soon: Black Film History Pioneers – James and Eloyce Gist ‘Heaven-Bound’ on Criterion Channel

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Religion, folklore, and allegory mix it up in the morality tales explored in the amateur films of evangelists James and Eloyce Gist.

‘Blacula’ – an African prince finds eternal life on Criterion Channel and AMC+

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William Marshall stars in the low-budget 1972 horror film about an undead 18th century African prince revived in 1970s Los Angeles.

Janelle Monáe, Taraji P. Henson, and Octavia Spencer in the true story directed by Theodore Melfi

‘Hidden Figures’ – the women behind the NASA moonshot on Disney+

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Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe star as three real-life mathemeticians who helped get American astronauts into space while toiling in a segregated workplace.

What to stream: ‘The Gray Man’ on Netflix, ‘Anything’s Possible’ on Prime Video, ‘Happening’ on AMC+, ‘The Last Movie Stars’ on HBO Max

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Plus ‘Aftershock’ on Hulu, ‘Prizefighter’ on Prime Video, ‘Don McLean’s American Pie’ on Paramount+, season four of ‘Virgin RIver.’ ‘The Forgiven’ on VOD

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Raw, jagged, explosively angry, and shot guerrilla style on a starvation budget on the streets of Los Angeles, this is a landmark of American independent cinema.

Category: African-American cinema