BY GABE CASTRO A matriarchal tale of womanhood, art, and love, Alma’s Rainbow showcases Black joy and sisterhood through laughter and drama. The story is told through the eyes of three remarkable women: the straight-laced and independent mother; the artistic, french-speaking, free-spirited aunt; and lastly, the...
BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR Please refer to the official websites for events to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information about ticketing, reservations, delays, re-scheduling, cancellations, and other guest policies for venues, including relevant COVID-19 requirements. As the leaves begin to change colors this September, Philadelphia will...
BY SOPHIA ABRAHAM-RAVESON The cinéSPEAK Journal publishes a monthly Philadelphia Artist Spotlight highlighting local filmmakers and moving image artists doing unique and impactful work. Bilal Motley is a writer, producer, actor, husband, and father from the Greater Philadelphia Area. He is especially interested in films that explore...
BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR The Velocity Fund, which is administered by Philadelphia Contemporary, distributes $60,000 in grants each cycle to support Philadelphia-based artists. The fund has a particular focus on experimental, collaborative, and interdisciplinary practices. In its fifth cycle, the Velocity Fund has funded 64 projects--more than...
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION cinéSPEAK is delighted to partner with TINY ROOM FOR ELEPHANTS on their upcoming 2022 festival at Cherry Street Pier! As such, we are announcing a call for short films and DJs/musician/composers that are open to remixing and live-scoring their films for a live audience. Ideally,...
BY ALEX SMITH From its opening scene, Sorry to Bother You is an explosive treatise on capitalism, American bootstrap culture, and how capital-driven systems work to crush, rearrange, and dehumanize the human spirit. Told through the lens of cleverly-monikered Cassius Green (LaKeith Stanfield), a young Black...
BY KATHIA WOODS South by Southwest started as a music festival in 1987, and the music segment of the festival is still the largest attraction. However, the film festival presents an opportunity for filmmakers to network with brands, industry experts, and other technology innovators in addition...
BY M TÉLLEZ **Spoilers Alert** During the first great plague of the 21st century, Hollywood took to producing Don’t Look Up, an engrossing film about a comet striking the Earth and all of humanity too caught up reacting to their social media feeds to stop it....
BY RASHEED AJAMU **Content Warning: Spoilers Alert** Flee (Directed by Danish filmmaker, Jonas Poher Rasmussen and co-written by his friend and the film's protagonist, Amin Nawabi) is an animated docudrama where the protagonist must reconcile with his past before he commits to love and marries his...
BY DALÍ ADEKUNLE Three-fourths of the way into the documentary about singer, choreographer, and tap-dancing extraordinaire Maurice Hines, American playwright Charles Randolph-Wright wistfully reminisces about Mr. Hines’ impact on the Black theater scene of his time. Randolph-Wright recounts, "At that time, Maurice was the den mother,...