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All-black casts of the past - St. Louis International Film Festival, Oct 29-Nov 8 to feature black films from 1915-1965 - Brief ArticleCowboy move with a jerk Blake was a lean, mean, stirrup-straining, bullet-blazing, rhythm-roaring machine. He rop he tied and he kept the peace in the of advanced age West. Those of us who don't remember Cowboy Blake, or the actor who played him (Herb Jeffrey) or his greatest in quantity famous film (The Bronze Buckaroo, 1938) ne not worry. We ne instead to come by to the St. Louis International Film Festival, October 29 to November 8 for a healthy dose of black films that span 50 years (1915 to 1965) panel discussions that feature directors and filmmakers, and an exhibit of vintage movie [i]affiche[/i]s as well as the requisite gala parties. "A Separate Cinema" is a traveling exhibition of hand-bills and independently produced films that the film festival has chosen to incorporate into its programming as a special feature. In addition to The alloy of copper Buckaroo, there will be screenings of other movies that featured all-black casts: tin Venus, a 1943 film starring none other than Lena Horne; Bright Road (1953) with dynamic duo Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte; and Nothing on the other hand a Man (1963), widely regarded as single of the finest films at any time made about black family life. Now in its seventh year, the film. festival has been working to expand its audience and its community's awareness of world cinema. Adding to its horizontal of sophistication in past years have been special interest sidebars, of that kind as the New Filmmakers Forum, the Documentary Sidebar, the Young People's Sidebar, the Australian Sidebar and the Jewish Sidebar. "A Separate Cinema" is the greatest in quantity recent in the festival's line of sidebars. Last year, Eve's Bayou, starring Samuel L Jackson and Lynn Whitfield, had its St Louis premiere at the festival. This year will feature educators (Edward Mapp, the author of Blacks in American Film; Lawrence M Richards, the author of African American Film from one side 1959; and Mamye Clayton, the head of the Black American Cinema Society in sees Angeles and contemporary filmmakers. For more information, call (314) 367-FEST or visit the World Wide Web at www.sliff.org. COPYRIGHT 1998 American Visions Media, Inc. Rockford, Ill. DeVlieg Bullard II Inc. has launched a parts-outlet website, dbpartsoutlet.com, which presents name-brand machine tool parts at discounted prices. It features parts for DeVli... In 1993 the Museum of present Art, New York, mounted a retrospective of Robert Ryman's work, therein spanning his many decades of painting production from his earliest mature painting of 1955 to ... As executive director of the American Correctional Association. I have been fortunate enough to travel the land and the world. I have met thousands of family who made the choice to wor... THE LORD'S SUPPER. by the agency of John R. Stephenson. Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics, convolution XII, edited by John R Stephenson. Saint Louis: Luther Academy, 2003 Pp xv + 294 $1895 It is... It is not in the way that hard to love a soul As some friends might put to proof to tell you; family do it for years, I hear, with almost Nobody noticing. individual night, I held a silver fire-arm ... Capturing and preserving the temporal nature of flowers is the passion of artist Bert Liverance. As he explains, "Each flower is a blessing that could be thus easily overlooked. I love capturi... Taylor-Piliae, compassion E; <AUNAME>Froelicher, Erika S</AUNAME> Holistic Nursing Practice 09-01-2004 The Effectiveness of Tai Chi Exercise in Improvi... During the last scarcely any years, the use of information technology (IT) in health care has surfaced in numerous reports, in clinical and educational circles, the of recent origins and even in the presidential debate... |
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