"A Celebration of Black History Month Through Film" At Oakland's City Hall

Redemption Road And The Blues

blkcinemaatlarge — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:12:39 +0000

Thanks to all who came out last Friday, we hope to see you this Friday as well! Director of The Bay Area Blues Society Ronnie Stewart, Blues Guitarist Alvon Johnson, Music Photographer George Livingston, and Musician Donald Johnson are on our Q&A panel for the blues based movie “Redemption Road”, directed by Mario Van Peebles”. Playing at Oakland City Hall for Black History Month, Friday, February 24th at 6pm. Moderated by KCSM and KPFA’a Greg Bridges. FREE!

Flyer For February 24th

blkcinemaatlarge — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:16:02 +0000

Soul Mechanix

blkcinemaatlarge — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:29:41 +0000

The ultra-hot band Soul Mechanix will be returning to grace us with their talented presence and smooth soul sounds before today’s screening of “Everyday Sunshine”. Performance will begin at 5:45…here is some info on the band:

Artist Summary
Genres: R&B/Soul / Progressive Funk / Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis,
George Clinton, Parliament

Artist Bio
Soul Mechanix blends groove-based jazz improv and progressive funk
drawing from a diverse universe of influences. Featuring Ruthie Price
on drums, Weldon Hall on bass and Graal Swartz on guitar, Soul
Mechanix was born from a fire to create something funky and
unpredictable. Originals and covers are thrown down without pause.
There’s usually some special guests at our live shows so hope to see
you there. It’s a family thang y’all!

Members include: Graal Swartz – Guitar/Vocals, Weldon Hall -
Bass/Vocals, Ruth Price – Drums, Featuring Byrd Duckett and Manny Martinez – Vocals

Soul Mechanix on Reverbnation:

http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/soulmechanix

Soul Mechanix on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=648177203#!/pages/Soul-Mechanix/103209893137748

J. Kevin Swain And “Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America”

blkcinemaatlarge — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:46:11 +0000

Added “Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America” to Friday the 17th’s film series. Thanks to friend and director J. Kevin Swain, who worked with Don Cornelius on many projects, as well as directing “Being Bobby Brown”. We are showing this film in memory of Don Cornelius–it will be shown after “Everyday Sunshine”.

Director J. Kevin Swain, nominated for an Emmy for this film.

Chris Metzler and Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

blkcinemaatlarge — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:47:44 +0000

Fist Up! Film Festival will be our spotlight film series on Friday. It’s director, filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, will be our moderator for “Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone” director Chris Metzler’s Q&A.

Everyday Sunshine Director Chris Metzler

Fist Up! Film Festival Director and Filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

Fishbone

blkcinemaatlarge — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:32:45 +0000

The subject of one of this Friday’s films will be playing at The Independent in San Francisco on March 23. These guys still look and sound great….get some!!!

Flyer For February 17th

blkcinemaatlarge — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:24:35 +0000

Thank You Bay Area!

blkcinemaatlarge — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:15:07 +0000

We had a packed and full house for “The Interrupters”! Thanks for making it such a great event, and thanks to KTOP TV for covering the event…will post details on when you can watch later today!

Our Music Tonight…

blkcinemaatlarge — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:13:25 +0000

Oakland’s own D’Wayne Wiggins from Tony Toni Tone will be providing our music tonight before the film “The Interrupters”…love!

Panel Member For The Interrupters Q&A

blkcinemaatlarge — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:41:15 +0000