Category: African-American filmmakers

Miguel Sandoval, Spike Lee, and Ossie Davis

Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ on Prime Video

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, African-American cinema, African-American filmmakers, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, National Film Registry, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/25/202101/02/2022 Sean Axmaker

Spike Lee’s vibrant, vital, thoroughly accomplished third feature is a provocative and intelligent exploration of race and racism that opens with a call to action and ends with a ferocious cry in the face of injustice.

What to stream: ‘One Night in Miami’ on Amazon, ‘WandaVision’ on Disney+, ‘Crack’ and ‘Night Stalker’ docs on Netflix

!Featured, African-American cinema, African-American filmmakers, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, based on a play, Criterion Channel, Directed by Women, HBO Max, historical, Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Shudder, Starz, Streaming Movies, Sundance Now, SVOD, What to Stream 01/15/202101/15/2021 Sean Axmaker

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, video-on-demand, and other streaming services …   In 1964, four legends met up on the night that Cassius Clay became heavyweight champion of the world. “One Night in Miami” (2020, R) imagines what transpired that night between Malcolm X […]

What to stream: ‘Lovecraft Country’ on HBO, ‘High Score’ on Netflix, ‘Chemical Hearts’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, African-American cinema, African-American filmmakers, Amazon Prime Video, based on a novel, Criterion Channel, Disney+, HBO Max, horror, Hulu, Mubi, Netflix, Streaming TV, Sundance Now, SVOD, thriller, What to Stream 08/21/202008/20/2020 Sean Axmaker

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, video-on-demand, and other streaming services …   “Lovecraft Country” (TV-MA) takes on both the cosmic horror and the blatant racism of H.P Lovecraft’s stories with the odyssey of an African-American man (Jonathan Majors) searching for his missing father (Michael Kenneth […]

Francine Everett is "Dirty Gertie" in the film directed by Spencer Williams

Black Film History Pioneers – The ‘Blood’ of Spencer Williams on Netflix and Criterion Channel

!Featured, African-American cinema, African-American filmmakers, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Classic, Criterion Channel, DVD, film history, National Film Registry, Netflix 02/27/202002/27/2020 Sean Axmaker

The legacy of films made by and for African-American audiences before Hollywood integrated its casts is largely unknown to even passionate films buffs. They were rarely seen by white audiences in their day and were rarely preserved with the same dedication given to the maverick films of Hollywood. Netflix and Criterion Channel present over 20 […]