This has already been posted all around the online circles I frequent, but it's so lovely to watch -- why not post it once more? African American filmmaker Ava DuVernay directed this stylish short film for the fashion design house Miu Miu: "The Door"

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I'm not a couture fashion person, but the clothing designs and fabric look beautiful.  Beyond that, ( Read more... )

If you haven't already read it, don't miss speculative fiction/science fiction author Ibi Zoboi's wonderful guest post "The Other Bodies in Space" for The Rejectionist. Interesting thoughts on the Black/female/immigrant/feminist/displaced body and the redemptive power of writing.

"Their bodies made whole again by the stories...The magic of resilient ( Read more... )

Sheila J. Hardy will present this film on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival in Seattle, 7:00 PM at Central Cinema, 1411 21st Avenue (Central District). Admission: $8.00.

http://www.langstonblackfilmfest.org

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Nice & Rough

Eve’s Lime Productions presents Nice & Rough, a documentary film by Sheila ( Read more... )