Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home (3-Disc Set) (2000)

DIR.:
Eric Tait
TRT:
223 min
MPAA Rating:
NR

The Legendary Lena Horne hosts a powerful, 2-Part Documentary on the discovery and legacy of New Yorks Colonial African Burial Ground and the battle to preserve it. (Producer/Director Interview Included)

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Reframe is bringing together and giving due love to rare independent and alternative films, helping many become commercially available for the very first time.

In a one-stop location you’ll find work from diverse sources, such as vanguard artists Sally Potter and Ken Jacobs, and distributors like Center for Asian American Media and Documentary Educational Resources.




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Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home - The Radio Series

Noted journalist Eric Tait's THEN I'LL BE FREE TO TRAVEL HOME traces the history of the original Africans who founded the New York African Burial Grounds.  Starting tonight at 8pm his compelling mulit-part film will be presented in 13 chapters as a radio series.

Black History Month is American History Month

US Representative and Brooklyn native, Yvette D. Clarke reminds us that we should celebrate the contributions of African Americans, not because it is February, but because their contributions are integral to the history of this country.

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The history of world cinema is an open archive on the internet. It is a wonderful chance to explore and learn and experience some of the greatest works of the human imagination. In searching through the history of the moving image it is important to break out of the categories that characterize and promote the moving image.


Curated list:

Australian Cinema: Beyond The Last Wave

(5 films)

Curator:
Jennifer Fineran

There's more to Australian cinema than Peter Weir and Gillian Armstrong. Contemporary Australian films confront racism, abuse, identity, drug use.... but do so with style and often a dash of self-deprecating humor. Many of these films were popular when I was working in Australia in the late 1990s. more