You haven’t seen anything…until you see the marvelous films coming to the 1st International Blues Film Festival. Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE) will co-host the affair with The Sunflower County Freedom Project, during BLUES WEEK 2007, at the Nelco Cineplex, on Hwy I Greenville, on Tuesday, September 11, 2007; the films begin at 12p.m. 1st International Blues Film Festival will be showcase an array of films, peculiar to the Mississippi Delta and address some issues that are...

SHOOT THE MESSENGERUK, 2006, 100 min, drama, English, Ngozi Onwurah, dir. With his career in ruins, and with his life at a crossroads, Joe Pasacale (Shakespearian actor David Oyelowo) is forced to come to the unhappy conclusion that all of his problems stem from black people - that is, his very own community. British-Nigerian director Onwurah and screenwriter Sharon Foster interrogate the notion of black self-im age (and self-loathing) with the audacity of a young Spike Lee in this funny, provoc...

I would have to say the Ngozi Onwurah directed, "Shoot The Messenger" is perhaps one of my favorite films of the festival thus far. A satire, the film tells the story of a disaffected teacher who tries to make sense of racial issues. Set in London during contemporary times, the BBC Film produced feature touches on loads of hot button issues. Its universal themes about family, relationship, scholarship and spirituality will resonates across all cultures and groups. The film debuted last night...