by Team Diaspora | Oct 21, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Film, TV
The Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF) has set their lineup for their 42nd edition which will take place November 3-13 on Oahu and then expand to the neighboring islands November 17-20. For those who aren’t able to attend in person, HIFF will also...
by Team Diaspora | Sep 22, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Film, Podcasts, Problematic Fave
The Toronto International Film Festival took place from September 8 to 18 and… our guest Valerie Complex (Instagram, Twitter) has thoughts. This week Dino-Ray Ramos and the Deadline journalist have a conversation about this year’s TIFF and the ups and...
by Team Diaspora | Jul 28, 2022 | Film
Outfest has announced the award winners of its 40th Anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Top prizes went to Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, starring Andrea Riseborough, Henry Melling, Karl Glusman, and Demi Moore, for Outstanding North American...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | May 3, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Film
The Sundance Film Festival is coming back in 2023 and it will be a hybrid fest — which means we’ll be in person! The 2023 Sundance Film Festival is set for Park City (obvi) January 19-29, 2023. “We can’t wait to return to our home in Park City and present...
by Ile-Ife Okantah | Jan 28, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Film
Like most well-written and directed films, Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature, Nanny beautifully deposits visual breadcrumbs that enhance the themes of the plot. Within the first 30 minutes of the evocative horror, we see Aisha (played expertly by Anna Diop) slipping a copy...
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