Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American
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Double Conscience Artist: Kahlil Joseph; Key Collaborator: Kendrick Lamar A lush portrait of contemporary Compton, California, set to a booming soundtrack by Kendrick
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This morning at the SWSX festival, four-time Black Reel Award winner Ava DuVernay delivered a passionate, emotional address imploring filmmakers of color to
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On the latest episode of Conversations, we sit down with Black Reel Award-winning writer/director, Ya’Ke Smith, about his upcoming film about sex trafficking,
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Writer/producer/actress Brit Marling, Ellen Page and director Zal Batmanglij recently sat down with several journalists including FilmGordon publisher, Tim Gordon, Travis Hopson and
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On the latest episode of WETA-TV’s Around Town, my colleague and friend, Travis Hopson and I discuss Noah Baumbach’s dramatic comedy, Frances Ha.
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