The mission of The Department of Afro-American Research Arts and Culture to identify the global significance of the creative contributions pioneered by an international diaspora of Blackness
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Friday, June 18, 2021

Yamekraw (1930)
























Starring:
A picturization of a jazz symphony. This short is an impressionistic expression of the moods and emotions of the Negro. A vignette of black life. The dilemma surrounding the move from country to city, leaving the security of the known for the uncertain promise of opportunity ahead.

Monday, June 14, 2021

Crime Partners (2003)









































Starring:
Storyline
Homicide makes headlines only when the powerful go down. So if a brother wants to make the front page, he gotta have a plan. Small-time gangstas, Billy Goode (Tyrin Turner) and Jackie Williams (John Bryant) are tired of their work going unrecognized. So, when a ruthless underworld crime boss with a twisted vision of justice (Clifton Powell) contracts them to handle a high-profile hit, it is bad news for Harlem.