Film
Collective Dreams and Women’s Voices at the New York African Film Festival
This year's virtual edition of the New York African Film Festival includes both experimental gems and several Oscar contenders.
Events
Art
Rashaad Newsome and Kiyan Williams Talk Art, Inspiration, and Black Magic
As part of Newsome’s new multi-part project with Leslie-Lohman Museum, the pair will discuss their “relationships to soil and earth, WEB Du Bois, and the lie of the American experiment.”
Art
Let’s Talk About Street Art in Los Angeles
Art 4 [CHANGE] will look at two brand-new murals in the city by Karina Vazquez and Nychole Owens.
Film
A Unique Source for Experimental Asian American Films Returns
After a successful run in 2020, the online repertory series My Sight is Lined with Visions returns for a full year of rotating programs.
Film
30 Years of Offbeat Documentaries With Lynne Sachs
The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting a retrospective of Sachs's work, including the virtual cinema debut of her latest work, Film About a Father Who.
Art
Mapping Jewish, Indigenous, and Spiritual Life in LA
UCLA’s “Engaging Living Religion” will look at how religious beliefs are presented and explored in museum galleries.
Film
Films That Center and Celebrate the Might of Black Women
On the eve of Kamala Harris’s historic inauguration, Protect Black Women highlights the lives and interiority of those who have “historically been the most vulnerable.”
Film
A Tribute to a Filmmaker Who’s Chronicled Black Life, From Civil Rights to Post-Katrina New Orleans
Film at Lincoln Center is presenting works by editor, producer, director, and professor Sam Pollard.
Film
MoMA's Showcase of Movies That Will Soon Be Oscar-Nominated
Online this year, the Museum of Modern Art's Contenders program features all the best bets for the imminent film awards season.
Performance
How Cameras and Webcams Have Helped Us Bear Witness in 2020
Suzanne Lacy and her students suggest that screens can help us become more empathetic and aware of “each other’s practices, and realities.”
Film
The "End of Truth" Under the Trump Administration
The Bronx Documentary Center's latest exhibition examines the ongoing degradation of media standards in the US.
Art
Fold Yourself a Little Serenity
With The Lotus Effect, the Rubin Museum of Art invites participants to stop and recenter.