Feb 28

Feb 28 ‘Moonlight’ Wins Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Awards has for some time wished to be recognized as what they have difficulty recognizing: a selection of the year’s best and most wide-ranging talent in the craft, from across the world as well as its cultures. This year’s selection just might represent a breakthrough, snafu and all.

Feb 21

Feb 21 ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’ on PBS

Alvan Azinna Ikoku

Documentary

In Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, PBS presents what is, surprisingly, the first feature documentary on the life and writings of the poet, singer, dancer, memoirist, activist. It is a vital, visual archive, including interview footage, rare photographs, and truly moving video.

Feb 7

Feb 7 Raoul Peck’s ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Revisits James Baldwin

Alvan Azinna Ikoku

Documentary

I Am Not Your Negro, a documentary film on James Baldwin, as envisioned by Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, has opened in the United States to considerable acclaim.