May 20, 2021
Dawn Porter Named 2021 Guggenheim Honoree
AFI Tradition Includes Honorees Spike Lee, Barbara Kopple, Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Lee Grant, Stanley Nelson AFI DOCS Will Celebrate Award-Winning Filmmaker on June 23, 2021 AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute's documentary film festival, has announced that it will honor Dawn Porter as the 2021 Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoree. Each year, the AFI DOCS...
May 19, 2021
AFI Movie Club: THE HALF OF IT
Following her critically acclaimed first feature SAVING FACE, filmmaker Alice Wu wrote and directed THE HALF OF IT – a contemporary subversion of the classic Cyrano De Bergerac tale which landed on The Black List in 2018. In this sweet and sardonic modern-day version, a Chinese American teenaged girl living in a conservative, small town...
May 18, 2021
AFI Movie Club: PARASITE
PARASITE was honored with an AFI AWARDS Special Award in 2019 – recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “PARASITE embeds itself in the collective consciousness and proves the power of cinema to assert universal truths across cultural...
May 17, 2021
AFI Movie Club: BETTER LUCK TOMORROW
To help bring BETTER LUCK TOMORROW to life, writer/director Justin Lin collaborated with AFI alum Patrice Lucien Cochet (AFI Class of 1998), who served as the cinematographer for the film. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream BETTER LUCK TOMORROW BETTER LUCK TOMORROW - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE CLUB AFI Movie Club is a global, virtual...
May 16, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: THE NAMESAKE
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on August 18, 2020. THE NAMESAKE, which follows a young Indian American (Kal Penn) caught between his family roots in Calcutta and life in America, was directed by the acclaimed Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair – who has spoken at a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar...
May 14, 2021
AFI Movie Club: WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN,” directed by Academy Award®-winning documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, depicts the United States’ imperiled school system, following five students from different backgrounds, cities, states and economic brackets, as well as reformers looking to explore innovative approaches to raise education standards. The film was honored with an AFI AWARDS 2010 Special Award. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” - Reelgood GET THE...
May 13, 2021
AFI Movie Club: WORDPLAY
Examining the universal – and frequently communal – appeal of The New York Times crossword puzzle, WORDPLAY is the feature documentary debut of filmmakers Patrick Creadon (AFI Class of 1993) and Christine O’Malley. Creadon is a graduate of the AFI Conservatory, having earned an MFA in cinematography, and O’Malley was the Director of AFI DOCS in 2014. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream WORDPLAY WORDPLAY - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE...
May 12, 2021
AFI MOVIE CLUB: IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST
IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST, directed by Tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn, examines the role of football in Polynesian-American culture. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST - Reelgood CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was established by Congress to be the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. Through...
May 11, 2021
AFI MOVIE CLUB: AMERICAN PROMISE
Following two African American boys attending the prestigious Dalton School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, AMERICAN PROMISE was created by filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, the parents of one of the boys – who recorded their experiences over the span of 13 years. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream AMERICAN PROMISE AMERICAN PROMISE - Reelgood...
May 10, 2021
AFI MOVIE CLUB: THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION director Stanley Nelson was the 2015 Guggenheim Symposium honoree at AFI DOCS in Washington, DC. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION - Reelgood CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was...
May 9, 2021
AFI Movie Club Rewind: CRAZY RICH ASIANS
This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on January 11, 2021. An opulent delight, CRAZY RICH ASIANS follows Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she travels to her boyfriend’s homeland of Singapore where she must contend with his disapproving relatives, battle jealous socialites and navigate her identity as an Asian American woman....
May 7, 2021
AFI Movie Club: TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
Watch TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY for free*! Become an AFI Star member or above and watch complimentary AFI-curated films with our on-demand video streaming service, Kanopy. Upgrade to Star Level or above TODAY! Based on the life and music of Jerome Kern, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY features a cavalcade of Golden Age stars –...
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