Africa Film – The Afro News https://theafronews.com Voice of Unity Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:39:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Exclusive! Two Trains Runnin’ Interview With Producer Benjamin Hedin! https://theafronews.com/exclusive-two-trains-runnin-interview-with-producer-benjamin-hedin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-two-trains-runnin-interview-with-producer-benjamin-hedin Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:17:55 +0000 https://www.theafronews.com/?p=15424 Exclusive! Two Trains Runnin’ Interview With Producer Benjamin Hedin!

I had a fascinating interview with the producer and writer of the (IMPACT film VIFF) Two Trains Runnin’, Benjamin Hedin in the interview room at the Sutton Hotel courtesy of VIFF about the movie, being a producer and the state of multigenerational racism in the US.

The Film: Two Trains Runnin’ blends together a mystery, a search for forgotten blues singers, skillfully blended with animation and interviews with the two groups that searched for blues greats such as Skip James and Son House among others.

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]]> Fifteen Diverse and Impressive African Related Films at VIFF https://theafronews.com/fifteen-diverse-and-impressive-african-related-films-at-viff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fifteen-diverse-and-impressive-african-related-films-at-viff Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:00:47 +0000 https://www.theafronews.com/?p=14171 Fifteen Diverse and Impressive African Related Films at VIFF

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A leader of the Egyptian independent film scene, Ahmad Abdalla (Microphone) gets a much bigger budget than usual to fashion this lustrous black-and-white homage to classical Egyptian cinema.

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]]> Retrospective of the 33rd Vancouver International Film Festival https://theafronews.com/retrospective-of-the-33rd-vancouver-international-film-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retrospective-of-the-33rd-vancouver-international-film-festival Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:04:15 +0000 https://www.theafronews.com/?p=12906 Retrospective of the 33rd Vancouver International Film Festival

An amazing and powerful festival marked the 33rd festival 2014. Beginning with a Red Carpet and a great Opening Gala, TAN the Afro News was delighted to be a part of it. The World Poetry Media Team of Una and Juergen Bruhns provided the exceptional photos of the festival. An amazing amount of 63 wonderful films were showcased at the festival.

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