Acquiring, Distributing and Building an Audience for African Cinema in the US: Cornelius Moore
Cornelius Moore has a nearly 50-year career as a film distributor, curator/festival programmer and dedicated advocate for Black film from the United States, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe. After 42 years in leadership, he is now Co-Director Emeritus of California Newsreel, the 56-year-old San Francisco-based social issue film distribution and production company. He directed its anti-apartheid project, the Southern Africa Media Center and the African American Perspectives collection. He founded its African film distribution initiative, the Library of African Cinema.
Cornelius has served on foundation funding panels and been a judge for and a participant at film festivals in the U.S. and internationally. He has programmed for public television and academic conferences such as the African Studies Association. He is a film consultant and curator for, among others, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the BlackStar Film Festival, the Scribe Video Center and Filmfest DC.
This special event – organised in collaboration with the Screen Worlds project – will take place at 5.30-7.00pm on Wednesday 30th October in Room B103 at SOAS, University of London.
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/acquiring-distributing-and-building-audience-african-cinema-us
