The Film Jones blog has been on hiatus! Life was life-ing, and I needed to handle business!
Taste Test Virtual Shorts Screening Q&A
The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) is partnered with the Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival (BFSFF) to bring audiences Taste Test on May 17, 2020!
A Love Song for Latasha
A Conversation with Director, Sophia Nahli Allison
17 Blocks
A Conversation with Director, Davy Rothbart
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
A Conversation with Director, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Required Viewing - True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
“Those who don’t learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.”
Stepping into the Light with When They See Us
I wanted to look away and avoid seeing this horrific saga of events when the release of When They See Us was announced.
Going Back Home with Two Queens: A Look at Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace and Beyoncé Knowles’ Homecoming
Homecoming broke the internet in typical Knowles fashion and one could surmise that had Amazing Grace been completed and released in 1972 as it was intended…
Get into it! Professional Black Girl Web Series
ne of my favorite Instagram profiles to follow is Dr. Yaba Blay’s Professional Black Girl.
Review: The Burial of Kojo
I had the opportunity to view The Burial of Kojo with the director, Sam Blitz Bazawule also known as Blitz the Ambassador at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Weekend Movie To-Do List
After a string of top-charting soulful hits, Aretha Franklin returned to her roots by recording the most successful gospel album in history.
I am a 90s kid. My recollection when it comes to African Americans in horror movies was that we never made it to the end; we were always the first to die.
What if we really are our own worst enemy?
What if you really are your own worst enemy?
This year will be 30 years since Will Smith became the prince of this town named Bel-Air.
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
In a timely, possibly coincidental, manner - the Smithsonian Channel premiered the hour-long documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom.
Black Cinema Trifecta at the Oscars
This series will profile Black cinema representation at the 2019 Academy Awards.
Black Cinema at the Oscars: Hale County This Morning, This Evening
This series will profile Black cinema representation at the 2019 Academy Awards.
Black Cinema at the Oscars: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This series will profile Black cinema representation at the 2019 Academy Awards.
UNITED SKATES: The history of African American skate culture
I remember the first time I put on a pair of skates.