Most of us can’t call Pulitzer Prize-winner Leonard Pitts to ask about his latest work, or have best-selling author Bernice McFadden recommend our event to Terry McMillan, or convince sister Souljah to add Austin to her book tour, but Rosalind Oliphant can.Â
Austin-based writer and illustrator Don Tate discusses the importance of Black books, bookstores and audiences.
Austin-based TrendSmasher Productions will present its latest film, The Bag Lady, at Palmer Events Center on Saturday, Aug. 15, during Capital City Black Film Festival.
Maria Soccor will make her Austin debut as a film director on Saturday, Aug. 15, at Palmer Events Center when her documentary, Lords of BSV, is presented during the Capitol City Black Film Festival.
The third annual Capital City Black Film Festival is back and better than ever Aug. 13 to Aug. 15 at Austin’s Palmer Events Center. The screens will feature more than 60 films in two days, with both feature-length and short-films in nearly every genre: romance, action, drama, comedy, horror, documentary, post-apocalyptic.
What happens when almost 150 years of experience in acting, singing, theater production, education, business and law come into a room with a unified dream? Illumination happens, that’s what.
Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is a thought-provoking testament to some of the most promising and volatile years for blacks in American history. In the 60s and 70s, Swedish journalists came to the U.S. to see what the black freedom struggle was really about.