Wendell Riley, Director of Media and External Relations at LSU Shreveport, discusses director Spike Lee and his film DO THE RIGHT THING. RFC's Black History Month Series, Spike Lee Joints: A Retrospective, is presented by Centenary Film Society of Centenary College of Louisiana.
September 17: The Color Purple
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris is back with this week’s Classic Black Cinema recommendation, Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple. An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert Johnson (Danny Glover), things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
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September 10: Moonlight
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris is back with this week’s Classic Black Cinema recommendation, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight. A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami, this epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support, and love of the community that helps raise him.
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August 6: LOVE & BASKETBALL
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris and friend Whitney are back with this week’s Classic Black Cinema recommendation, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Love & Basketball. The film follows Quincy (Omar Epps) and Monica (Sanaa Lathan), who both love and play basketball together through many challenges from childhood to adulthood.
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July 28: HARLEM NIGHTS
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris is joined by fellow filmmaker Clyde Allen Williams to discuss this week's Classic Black Cinema selection. They recommend Harlem Nights, written, directed and starring Eddie Murphy. Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Jasmine Guy also star in this tale of a speakeasy owner and his adopted son taking on gangsters and corrupt cops to keep their club open in the waning days of Prohibition.
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July 17: LEAN ON ME
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris is joined by fellow filmmaker Clyde Allen Williams to discuss this week's Classic Black Cinema selection. They recommend LEAN ON ME, a film based on the life of New Jersey principal Joe Clark starring Morgan Freeman.
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July 8: F. Gary Gray's SET IT OFF
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris is back with this weeks Classic Black Cinema selection. Check out SET IT OFF, F. Gary Gray’s 1996 crime thriller.
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July 1: Forrest Whitaker's WAITING TO EXHALE
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris is back with a feel-good film for this week's Classic Black Cinema selection. Check out WAITING TO EXHALE, Forest Whitaker's adaptation of Terry McMillan's story of four friends navigating their careers, family and romance.
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June 24: John Singleton's POETIC JUSTICE
RFC Programming Consultant and filmmaker Tanesha Morris recommends another of writer-director John Singleton's films for this week's Classic Black Cinema pick — POETIC JUSTICE, starring Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson. Watch the movie and let us know what you think.
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June 17: Theodore Witcher's LOVE JONES
This week RFC Programming Consultant and Film Camp Instructor Tanesha Morris recommends Love Jones. Watch the video for more on why you should check out this film from writer-director Theodore Witcher.
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June 10: John Singleton's HIGHER LEARNING
This week RFC Programming Consultant and Film Camp Instructor Tanesha Morris recommends Higher Learning. Watch the video for more on why you should check out this film from writer-director John Singleton.
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