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The recent DC Black Film Festival included a discussion among movie critics on recent changes in how films are both reviewed and seen by cinema lovers. Participants included Kevin Sampson (left), executive director, DC Black Film Festival, and Tim Gordon, Washington DC Film Critics Association president, executive director of the LightReel Film Festival and co-founder/director of the Black Reel Awards. Sampson and Gordon also serve as members of the Critics Choice Association. (Brenda C. Siler/The Washington Informer)

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Future of Film Viewing Discussed at DC Black Film Festival

by Brenda C. Siler September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Are Americans ready to go back to movie theaters given ongoing concerns about their health and issues of safety?

Black Artists Make Waves at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival

by Washington Informer September 22, 2015October 30, 2020

‘Dope’ Revisits the ’Hood, With Joy and Wit

by Reporter II June 15, 2015October 30, 2020

Black Film Festival Shifts Focus to Web as Options Expand

by Washington Informer June 12, 2015October 30, 2020

#CHIRAQ: More Than Just a Nickname, a Shameful and Tragic Reality for Many

by Washington Informer June 2, 2015October 30, 2020

Tyler Perry on Racism in Hollywood: ‘I’m Not the Person to Ask’

by Washington Informer June 2, 2015October 30, 2020

Aja Naomi King Joins Biopic Based on Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion

by Reporter II April 18, 2015October 30, 2020

Phyllis R. Klotman, Scholar and Archivist of African-American Cinema, Dies at 90

by Reporter II April 6, 2015October 30, 2020

In this Wednesday, March 12, 2014 photo, Anthony Mackie, a cast member in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Anthony Mackie to Star in Jesse Owens Project at Relativity

by Washington Informer March 19, 2015October 30, 2020

Film Review: ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’

by Washington Informer February 12, 2015October 30, 2020