Gabazzini Zuo. Enugu, Nigeria, 2008.

from Nollywood series by Pieter Hugo

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vintagemadeinbrazil:

Xica da Silva movie poster, 1976.

(via fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory)

thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: An Iranian actress was sentenced to 90 lashes for starring a movie about how Iran mistreats its actresses, an opposition website reported.

Marzieh Vafamehr was also sentenced to a year in prison for her role in My Tehran for Sale, an Iranian-Australian collaboration which was furiously excoriated by the country’s conservatives for its depiction of the Islamic republic.

Vafamehr was arrested in July; her verdict was reportedly issued Saturday.

According to state media, My Tehran for Sale was never officially approved for distribution in Iran. Watch the movie’s trailer below:

[independent.]

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thesmithian:

“In some countries, children work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week,” the opening title cards in “The Harvest/La Cosecha” read. “Children 12 and younger pick crops. The United States of America is one of those countries.”

more.

kicking myself for not seeing this yet

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lati-negros:

¡Aqui Estamos! AfroLatin@ Film Series
Lead in to the “Afro-Latin@s Now!” Conference

On every Friday during the month of October, films will be shown highlighting the experiences of AfroLatin@s - stateside and abroad - at various locations throughout New York. Below are several film descriptions. For more info, please visit the The AfroLatin@ Forum website.

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Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories
Documentary, 57 minutes
Spanish & English subtitles
Directed by Pam Sporn
Edited by Rafael Parra
Original score by 2005 Grammy winner Oscar Hernández

Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories highlights the historical journey of a black Cuban family, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more complex racially and ideologically than is popularly understood. Pablo Elliot Foster, the son of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, narrates Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories.  After his father returns to Cuba for the first time after 33 years in the US, Pablo decides to explore his own Afro-Latino identity.  Pablo’s guides are his father, aunt, and uncle, who emigrated from Cuba as children in1962. Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories is the visual autobiography of one family that confronts questions of diaspora, class, immigration and identity.

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We of the Saya
Sisa Bueno (documentary-in-progress. 7min. sample.)
We of the Saya is an insightful and uplifting documentary that crosses four personal stories of Afro-Bolivians as a grassroots movement for their community to achieve recognition as a legitimate ethnic group is organized across the country.
U.S./Bolivia, documentary, Spanish with English Subtitles

PLEASE REBLOG WIDELY

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lati-negros:

¡Aqui Estamos! AfroLatin@ Film Series
Lead in to the “Afro-Latin@s Now!” Conference

On every Friday during the month of October, films will be shown highlighting the experiences of AfroLatin@s - stateside and abroad - at various locations throughout New York. Below are several film descriptions. For more info, please visit the The AfroLatin@ Forum website.

________________________________________________________________

Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories
Documentary, 57 minutes
Spanish & English subtitles
Directed by Pam Sporn
Edited by Rafael Parra
Original score by 2005 Grammy winner Oscar Hernández

Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories highlights the historical journey of a black Cuban family, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more complex racially and ideologically than is popularly understood. Pablo Elliot Foster, the son of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, narrates Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories.  After his father returns to Cuba for the first time after 33 years in the US, Pablo decides to explore his own Afro-Latino identity.  Pablo’s guides are his father, aunt, and uncle, who emigrated from Cuba as children in1962. Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories is the visual autobiography of one family that confronts questions of diaspora, class, immigration and identity.

________________________________________________________________

We of the Saya
Sisa Bueno (documentary-in-progress. 7min. sample.)
We of the Saya is an insightful and uplifting documentary that crosses four personal stories of Afro-Bolivians as a grassroots movement for their community to achieve recognition as a legitimate ethnic group is organized across the country.
U.S./Bolivia, documentary, Spanish with English Subtitles

PLEASE REBLOG WIDELY

thinkmexican:

Mario Moreno “Cantinflas” (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) 

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