Blafrokan Curated
Akachineke Azubuike
1. “West Africa” – the very first words in the film -places the story in it’s true historical context. Africa is not all the same. West Africa by itself is the size of the United States and...
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Dr. Daud Watts
Babybangz
In a documentary by Juliana Kasumu, a group of Black women gathers at Babybangz salon to discuss natural hair, the impact of gentrification in New Orleans, and their personal journeys toward self-love. Blafrokan...
The Game God(s)
Blafrokan Reflections: Who are the Game God(s)? Are they “Gods” or mere mortals, architects, designers of the game?” What is the game and what is my role in playing? “The American Dream. The...
How Ozark Upheld White Power Preserving Two Byrde’s with One Stone
Skylar Gaertner as Jonah Byrde SPOILER ALERT: BANG! With the firing of a single shotgun round from the hands of 17 year old white, male, Jonah Byrde ensures the white power structure CONTINUES! ??? The playbook...
Growing Up With Jean-Michel Basquiat: His Sisters
Through the stories and words of his sisters Lisane Basquiat & Jeanine Heriveaux, along with supporting archival imagery and some never-before-seen works of art, VICE gets a unique look into the life and times of...
Even if you’re not ready for the day, it cannot always be night.
“I—who have ‘gone the gamut’ from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and sisters to a surprised queenhood in the new Black sun—am qualified to enter at least the kindergarten of...
BLAFROKAN
A Black History Month Dedication
Black History Month! Dedicated to honor people whose culture was taken away, whose spirituality was undermined, whose humanity was compromised. Black History Month, is dedicated to those whose labor was used to build a...
Dr. Uwa Onyioha Osimiri
You Can’t
There's many things as a man you can do, Build mansions and pyramids and empires too. Spout wisdom or foolishness, all up to you. Be a king or a jester, your choice, that's true. But my beliefs are not within your...
Zen
View The Right Thing: Houston’s First Africana Cinema Series
It’s the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can… VIEW THE RIGHT THING Blafrokan presents, “View The Right Thing” A series of classic, contemporary and...
Do You Want To Be Well
Do You Want To Be Well By Darla Broden I thought I was well Believed I was normal Seemed liked everybody had a little something or other So I was within the parameters of well Would refuse to be called sick Yet...
Darla Broden