May 30, 2024
THE WOMAN KING (2022) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Gina Prince-Bythewood and shot by AFI Alum Polly Morgan (AFI Class of 2010), THE WOMAN KING (2022) was honored in the year of its release with a 2022 AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image for that year....
October 11, 2023
WIDOWS (2018) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring an all-star cast on a mission fueled by righteous rage led by Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo and Elizabeth Debicki, director Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS came to AFI FEST in 2018 for a special Gala screening. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox every day. SIGN UP TO GET THE PICTURE Where to...
March 5, 2023
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2020) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from playwright August Wilson’s celebrated play, director George C. Wolfe’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM features an iconic cast that includes Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo – and was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the...
June 19, 2022
FENCES (2016) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by and starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Denzel Washington, FENCES (2016) was honored with an AFI AWARD, 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, “FENCES towers among the essential tales of America. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis’...
September 8, 2021
AFI Movie Club: WIDOWS
Featuring an all-star cast on a mission fueled by righteous rage led by Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo and Elizabeth Debicki, director Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS came to AFI FEST in 2018 for a special Gala screening. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream WIDOWS WIDOWS - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE CLUB AFI...
February 10, 2021
AFI Movie Club: AFI AWARDS Honoree MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
"MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is at once a soaring tribute to owning your voice and a searing step back in time to expose the challenges of driving change in America. This symphony of genius begins with the musical words of August Wilson and is expanded from stage to screen by the incomparable George C. Wolfe,...
November 18, 2020
AFI Movie Club: FENCES
FENCES features the talent of AFI Life Achievement Award winner Denzel Washington and was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2016 as one of the best movies of the year. According to the official rationale, “Denzel Washington and Viola Davis’ thundering performances infuse lightning into the words of August Wilson’s iconic stage play, sparking emotion…
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