Directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Spike Lee and featuring an all-star cast that includes Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Chadwick Boseman in one of his final roles, DA 5 BLOODS (2020) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According...

HE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (2019) is about the city’s rapid gentrification and a man trying to reclaim a family home. Director/writer Joe Talbot and lead actor Jimmie Fails spoke to Fellows at a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar at the AFI Conservatory. Fails was also an Indie Contenders panelist at AFI FEST 2019....

“LOVECRAFT COUNTRY drives a wooden stake through the injustices of America’s past. Misha Green’s stylish serial pulses with the power of reclamation as it charts a distorted journey through the Jim Crow South reimagined through the haunting lens of horror. Heroism is embodied by Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors, who stare down terrors from the...

"DA 5 BLOODS honors the eternal bond of friendship amidst the ongoing battle to comprehend the horrors of the Vietnam War. Spike Lee’s mastery of the explosive reaches new emotional heights in this time-embracing narrative – as he elevates the art form to meet his undeniably epic ambition. The enduring trauma of war and peace...