African-American Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/african-american/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:01:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png African-American Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/african-american/ 32 32 CHARM CITY https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/charm-city-review/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:33:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29611

Baltimore is my hometown, so sure, that matters to me, but Baltimore is not unique. So many of our cities need better options. Let Charm City lead the way, not in homicides, but in ideas for solutions.

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]]> A Conversation with Marilyn Ness (CHARM CITY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/marilyn-ness-interview/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:40:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29696 I met with director Marilyn Ness (Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale) on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), to discuss her powerful new documentary Charm City (which I also reviewed), set in Baltimore, my hometown (the […]

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]]> A Conversation With Nicole Opper (OFF AND RUNNING) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-nicole-opper-off-and-running/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-nicole-opper-off-and-running/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:10:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1058

In post-screening Q&As, most documentary filmmakers always say that the success of a nonfiction project really centers on the collaboration between storyteller and subject. But during the making of the film, how many of them actually say to their subject, […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-nicole-opper-off-and-running/feed/ 1 BLACK LIST: VOLUME ONE, THE https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/the-black-list-volume-one-film-review/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:04:55 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=820

(In celebration of Black History Month, the YouTube Screening Room has posted four clips/outtakes from The Black List: Volume One. The DVD, with extra features, is being released exclusively through Target.) The inaugural installment of photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and former […]

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]]> MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/medicine-for-melancholy-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/drama/medicine-for-melancholy-film-review/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:38:12 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=2182

(Medicine for Melancholy has been picked up for distribution by IFC Films, who are finally releasing it on Friday, January 30th in New York City. Visit the film’s official website, or its page at IFC.com, to watch a trailer.) Barry […]

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