Howard University Graduate Film Program

01/07/2022

In a groundbreaking film career, Poitier established himself as one of the finest performers in America.

12/08/2021

Greg Tate, an American music and culture writer and musician, has died, a rep for Tate’s publisher Duke University Press confirmed to Variety. He was 64; a cause of death was not provided. While hi…

09/04/2021

Congratulations to Howard University MFA Film Student Jonathan Isaac Jackson, writer and director of feature documentary BLACK CHIEF, BLACK HAWK premiering at American Black Film Festival 2021.

The 25th American Black Film Festival is shifting from a hybrid to a fully online event, Jeff Friday Media (JFM) announced today. The festival, which runs from Nov. 3-14, 2021 will be available dig…

08/15/2021

Howard University's MFA in Film Program selected for The Hollywood Reporter's list of 2021 Top American Film Schools.

COVID sidelined much of the 2020-21 academic year, but these premier programs — from NYU to USC — are ready for a return to normal, with a few new wrinkles.

06/29/2021

Burning an Illusion director and founder of Black Filmmaker Magazine died while working on a new film in Zimbabwe

05/09/2021

Congratulations to Howard University Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 on this commencement weekend. We are so proud of your achievements in completing your degrees during the most challenging times in a century.

04/29/2021

Learn more about Howard University Graduate Film Program MFA Alum and local filmmaker Dewy Ortiz, Jr. recognized this month by DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment. https://bit.ly/32VFMhU

03/18/2021

Melvin Van Peebles’s landmark movie opened the door not only for black film-making but for independent movies in general

03/18/2021

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EXCLUSIVE: MACRO and The Black List have teamed with Warner Bros. Pictures to launched The MACRO x The Black List Feature Screenwriter Incubator, a new initiative that offers writers of color the o…

03/17/2021

Howard University Alum Chadwick Boseman nominated for "Actor in a Leading Role" The Academy Award for his performance in Ma Rainey Film.

03/17/2021

Congratulations to Howard University Alum Charles D. King, founder of MACRO on "Best Picture" The Academy Nomination for Judas and the Black Messiah Movie.