Here's something to add to your Father's Day watch-list... A film covered on S&A in 2009 (the first year of the site's existence, before we joined the Indiewire network) titled "Black Nation," which I only just found out is streaming online at SnagFilms.com (parent company of Indiewire). As seen through the lenses of Swedish filmmaker, Mats Hjelm, the Detroit-set "Black Nation" is a documentary feature that takes an uncompromising look at the state of Black men in America today set within the framework of a Father’s day service at the city’s *controversial* Church Shrine of the Black Madonna. The Church strives to promote and develop community led programs and...
- 6/15/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
As seen through the lenses of Swedish filmmaker, Mats Hjelm… Black Nation is a documentary feature “that takes a hard, uncompromising look at the state of Black men in America today through the prism of the streets of Detroit and the City’s controversial Church Shrine of the Black Madonna… set within the framework of a Father’s day service, the film tracks the despair of its congregation while at the same time showing the way forward with the great hope and dignity embodied in Obama’s words – “yes we can”! The Church strives to promote and develop community led programs and institutions that restore pride and dignity to its congregation and in particular, black men.”
Mats Hjelm, also an internationally renowned video artist, is said to have a deep personal connection to the City and the Church, which began with his filmmaker father’s documentation of the 1967 Detroit riots,...
Mats Hjelm, also an internationally renowned video artist, is said to have a deep personal connection to the City and the Church, which began with his filmmaker father’s documentation of the 1967 Detroit riots,...
- 3/18/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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