Dr. Ray Winbush, Ph.D
Dr. Daud Watts
Blafrokan Curated
Akachi AzubuikeInspired by the gripping true story of a man, Gordon “Whipped Peter” who would do anything for his family – and for freedom. When Peter an enslaved man risks his life to escape and return to his...
Category - TV + Film
10 Things The Woman King Gets Right
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...
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. Director and...
Blafrokan Curated
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! đđđ The playbook...
Akachi Azubuike
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 THINGÂ Blafrokan presents, âView The Right Thingâ A series of classic, contemporary and independent...
BLAFROKAN
View The Right Thing: June 15th Screening
Erik Killmonger, tragic villain or hero gone rogue? Black Panther, lost revolutionary or hero?  “Black Panther” speaks to our global African reality and fantasies of possibility: Wakanda. The diversity and...
West African Film Festival
HOUSTON â What if nearly every movie youâve seen portraying continental Africans is a gross misrepresentation of the truth? While weâre all too familiar with Hollywoodâs negative western propaganda and stereotypes...
13 Movies For Entrepreneurs & Investors
Updated March 12, 2019 – Film added to list. Who doesnât draw inspiration from the “underdog” whose grit is tested on a tumultuous journey scaling a treacherous cliff toward entrepreneurial success...
National Black Film Festival, Black-ish?
Bring Hollywood to Houston HOUSTON – âIt was all a dream,â rapped Biggie Smalls, and âbringing Hollywood to Houston,â was the dream for J.O. Malone, Founder and Denisha Hardeman, Co-Founder of the First Annual...