{"id":35059,"date":"2016-08-02T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T08:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=35059"},"modified":"2016-08-02T10:23:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T08:23:09","slug":"black-star-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/black-star-film\/","title":{"rendered":"The British Film Institute Dedicates Season to Black Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"BFI Black Star | BFI\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BVj-rmrMZQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u201cImagine cinema history without Paul Robeson, Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Poitier, Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson \u2013 some of the greatest actors to light up our screens with their charisma and talent. Now imagine how much richer our shared memory would be, had the opportunities available to black actors matched their abilities,\u201d challenges Heather Stewart, Creative Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">British Film Institute<\/a> (BFI).<br \/>\nThe BFI has unveiled \u201cBlack Star\u201d, a nationwide event that will be the UK\u2019s biggest ever season of film and television celebrating black actors\u2019 versatility and talent. \u201cBlack Star\u201d will bring the spotlight back to the achievements of black actors from the earliest years of cinema all the way through to present-day films showcasing black leading roles. The celebratory programme aims to present pioneering\u00a0and contemporary\u00a0black performances to new generations of UK audiences in order to give their stardom and importance a rebirth in our collective memory. 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A selection of films on BFI DVD\/Blu-ray<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/announcements\/bfi-launches-black-star\" target=\"_blank\">BFI\u2019s \u201cBlack Star\u201d<\/a>\u00a0will run from\u00a017 October to 31 December 2016<\/strong> \n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A celebration of black excellence in film and television<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[4204,5284,5285,5286,5287,968,5288,4014,5289,5290,5291,5292,5293,4932],"class_list":["post-35059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-beyonce","tag-bfi","tag-black-star","tag-british-film-institute","tag-dorothy-dandridge","tag-film","tag-ice-cube","tag-movies","tag-pam-grier","tag-paul-robeson","tag-samuel-l-jackson","tag-sidney-poitier","tag-television","tag-uk"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The British Film Institute Dedicates Season to Black Actors The British Film Institute Dedicates Season to Black Actors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/black-star-film\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The British Film Institute Dedicates Season to Black Actors The British Film Institute Dedicates Season to Black Actors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A celebration of black excellence in film and television\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/black-star-film\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-02T08:23:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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