(CNN) — At the foot of a dune in a nameless corner of the Sahara Desert, a woman falls to the ground. Ahead, a caravan of wandering souls snakes away. She calls for help and a young man – a boy, ...
A Boy Ten Feet Tall, handicapped by a title that suggests a doggedly inspirational outing for the very young, offers more enchantment per reel than most movies of twice its ambitions. This fresh, ...
Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, who is a two-time Cannes jury prizewinner, with “Gomorrah” in 2008 and “Reality” in 2012, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival for the first time with his ...
PJ Morton’s month long journey to Africa is more than a trip, it’s a transformative experience. Born in New Orleans, his soulful melodies have won him multiple Grammys with his music transcending ...
“I view this library as a bridge,” Broward County Library Director Samuel F. Morrison says of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, “a bridge from the past across time and ...
These are not “professional” photographs taken for exhibition. Some time ago, I began work on my play, Crossing a Deep River: A Ritual Drama in Three Movements. Crossing a Deep River is the flowering ...
In her 2007 documentary Cuba: An African Odyssey, Egyptian-French filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri follows Cuba’s role in African anticolonialist campaigns, from Che Guevara’s failed 1965 bid to oust Belgium ...