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Jordan Peele's Us has been named this year’s Best Film by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA). The film, which earned over $255 million globally, received three total wins including Peele for Best Director and Lupita Nyong'o for Best Actress. "Jordan Peele continued to raise the bar in horror…

Indican Pictures has picked up director Haynze Whitmore's horror film, Crepitus, for domestic theatrical, digital, and DVD distribution. Starring Eve Mauro and horror vet Bill Moseley, the film follows seventeen-year-old Elizabeth and her younger sister Sam who are thrust into terrifying circumstances when they are…

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will hold its 11th Annual AAFCA Honors recognizing outstanding achievement in film on January 22, 2020. The group plans to hand out awards in 13 categories, including best film, director, actor and actress, AAFCA President and Co-Founder, Gil Robertson, said in a…

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) is set to honor Carolyn Sloss, vice president of Allied Global Marketing, as part of its 8th Annual SYNERGY ATL Program. "For more than a decade Carolyn has led the growth trajectory of the film and entertainment community in Atlanta," AAFCA President Gil Robertson…

The African American Film Critics Association, which just celebrated the 10th anniversary of the AAFCA Awards in February, has taken the wraps off AAFCA TV Honors, a new awards fete celebrating outstanding achievement in television. The TV awards, previously handed out during the AAFCA Awards gala, will now take place…

With March being Women’s History Month, the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will celebrate women in cinema with events in Los Angeles and Atlanta on March 23, honoring veteran producer Stephanie Allain and Madeline Di Nonno, an exec with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The events are…

Music icon Quincy Jones and BlacKkKlansman producer Jason Blum will be recognized as African American Film Critics Association’s 2019 Special Achievement honorees at AAFCA’s annual award ceremony, which takes place in two parts, to celebrate career excellence in and around the cinematic arts. This year’s honorees will…

Disney/Marvel’s ceiling-shattering blockbuster Black Panther topped this year’s African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards with a total of three wins including Best Film and a Best Director win for Ryan Coogler. John David Washington nabbed the Best Actor award for his performances in the Spike…

Warner Bros’ ground-breaking hit rom-com Crazy Rich Asians has been selected as an honoree at 2019 Special Achievement Awards by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA). Netflix Vice President of Original Films and former Disney exec Tendo Nagenda, New York Times cultural critic Wesley Morris, Outlier…

The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has partnered with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in For the Academy’s Careers in Film Summit in Atlanta. The summit will take place November 3 at SCADshow. This marks AMPAS’ first educational outreach in the Atlanta area, which has quickly become…

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) is launching a new summer screening series to pay homage to timeless Hollywood films. The organization will 30, 25, and 20-year old anniversary titles that celebrate Black culture including Coming To America, Poetic Justice, and the Maya Angelou-directed classic Dow…

The 9th annual African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) awards brought together some Hollywood heavyweights like Jordan Peele, Ava DuVernay, Rob Reiner, Frances McDormand, and Courtney B. Vance to honor the best achievements of 2017’s film and television slate. The winner’s list was unearthed this past…