April 8, 2025
KNIVES OUT (2019) – AFI Movie Club
KNIVES OUT (2019) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2019, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “KNIVES OUT simply slays – a modern 'whodunit' pulsing with Hitchcockian thrills in this stylish staging of murder most foul. Reflecting the strata...
February 23, 2023
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Shaka King from the heartbreaking true story, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021) was recognized with a 2020 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH raises a fist for change. Capturing the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s that...
July 5, 2022
THE PHOTOGRAPH (2020) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield in a rich romantic drama that spans generations, director Stella Meghie’s THE PHOTOGRAPH (2020) was edited by AFI Alum Shannon Baker Davis (AFI Class of 2003). HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE PHOTOGRAPH THE PHOTOGRAPH - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE CLUB AFI Movie Club is...
February 13, 2021
AFI Movie Club: AFI AWARDS Honoree JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
"JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH raises a fist for change. Capturing the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s that echoes into our modern moment, Shaka King’s timely tragedy burns with righteous rage and Shakespearean turns on power and betrayal. Towering performances by Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton and LaKeith Stanfield as FBI...
August 27, 2020
AFI Movie Club: GET OUT
Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed GET OUT is both a psychological thriller and a deft social satire on racism in America. The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2017, recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving...
July 28, 2020
AFI Movie Club: DOPE
DOPE, a coming-of-age caper directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Pharrell Williams, was shot by AFI alum and Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison (AFI Class of 2006). In this exclusive AFI Archive video, watch Rachel Morrison talk about working on the film: Movie Trivia about DOPE DID YOU KNOW? Pharrell Williams…
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