Charles Burnett News

The Film Society of Lincoln Center is pleased to announce the new Film Comment, featuring a fresh design, updated departments, and a variety of new columns for the magazine's September-October issue.

Charles Burnett's TO SLEEP WITH ANGER will open at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on September 9th.

Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers' and filmmakers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today new programming for the 2015 Screenwriters Conference, held the first four days of the Festival this October 29-November 5.

Chromolume Theatre has announced Bird Lives! as its next production, opening on Friday, August 15 at 8pm. Written by Willard Manus and directed by Tommy Hicks, Bird Lives! will star Montae Russell as jazz icon Charlie Parker in this solo play with music. Parker, a legendary saxophone virtuoso, ushered in a new era of jazz by pioneering bebop and influencing subsequent generations of musicians. Bird Lives! will play a strictly limited engagement through September 21 only.

The life and career of vanguard independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke and the socially conscious films of Charles Burnett will be the topics explored by Laurence Kardish and James O. Naremore

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the schedule for Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, a 21-film series created and organized by Scorsese's non-profit organization

The Library of Congress has today announced its annual list of 25 films that will be included in the National Film Registry.

Milestone will be launching the 21-film retrospective Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema throughout North America.

THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe.

THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe.

Joining the Avenue Q cast is Michelle Alexander (Gary Coleman), Isaac Arrieta (Princeton), Matthew Charles Burnett (Rod/Bad Idea Bear), RMichael Clinkscales (Brian), Marett Hanes (Kate Monster) Rachel Hoovler (Mrs. Thistletwat/Bad Idea Bear), June Julian (Christmas Eve), Ashley Laverty (Lucy T. Slut), and Eric Meo (Nicky/Trekkie Monster).

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation in partnership with Film Independent, the Independent Filmmaker Project, and the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway are teaming up again to host the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards New York Screening Series from January 16 to February 6.

Month-long series includes 36 independent feature and short films by Black filmmakers beginning in the 1970s, with personal appearances by director Haile Gerima and series curator Jacqueline Stewart

Penumbra announced today that it exceeded its fundraising goal and will resume programming this spring. Over 1,400 individuals, corporations and foundations donated $359,000 by December 30, 2012.

Malcolm X's Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, Actor Richard Brooks, ABC News Reporter Art McFarland and FOX-TV Host Tom Murro lead the line up of celebrities attending the New York premiere of Juliette Fairley's Mulatto Saga at M1-5 Lounge in Tribeca on Monday night.

Cosby kid Jasmine Guy lead the line up of celebrities attending the red carpet premiere of the short film Mulatto Saga, which begins its two-month rotation on network affiliates and cable stations today, August 7 on the CW-Network (WWHO-TV) in Columbus, Ohio at 12 noon.

Cosby kid Jasmine Guy lead the line up of celebrities attending the red carpet premiere of the short film Mulatto Saga, which begins its two-month rotation on network affiliates and cable stations on Tuesday, August 7 on the CW-Network (WWHO-TV) in Columbus, Ohio at 12 noon.

The short film Mulatto Saga starring Juliette Fairley is an official selection of the 2012 Urban Suburban Film Festival (USFF) that takes place in Philadelphia from today, June 22 to June 24.

Actress Juliette Fairley emerged from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival last month with a syndicated television distribution deal for the short film Mulatto Saga which was adapted from a solo show she performed on Broadway in New York and at the Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks in 2010.

The Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday attracts thousands of visitors to free programs of art and entertainment each month. November's event features programs inspired by the work of artist Sanford Biggers.