Third World Newsreel salutes Louise Greaves, who with the great William Greaves, created impactful films that documented the Black experience and in their Symbiopsychotaxiplasm films, daringly played with hybrid narrative form and politics. Louise was a great supporter of Third World Newsreel, coming to events and checking up on us—we'll miss her.
Billops & Hatch Theatrical Continues
Spring Evenings Seminars
ALL THE LADIES SAY at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Grants & More
A String of Pearls: The Films of Camille Billops & James Hatch
Upcoming Screenings

Coral Gables Art Cinema, Miami (March 17-20)
Conversation with Stephen Charbonneau moderated by Dr. Terri Francis

Patois Festival, New Orleans (March 25)
Post-screening discussion with Kai Barrow, Ada Gay Griffin, and Kara Lynch

SIFF x LANGSTON x Grand Illusion, Seattle (March 29)
The first-ever worldwide theatrical retrospective of the complete films of Camille Billops and James Hatch centers Black cultural life and storytelling on screen with six autobiographical works that innovate documentary form and artfully weave together personal histories and social issues.

This worldwide theatrical release is possible through support from the Ford Foundation and the cooperation of Dion Hatch and the Hatch-Billops Collection Estate. The new 4K restoration of Suzanne, Suzanne is by IndieCollect with thanks to Sandra Schulberg, Eva Yuma and team. TWN Exhibitions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
SPRING EVENING SEMINARS
Thu, Mar 23, 2023 6:30 PM EST
Storming Caesars Palace: Film & Talk with Filmmaker and Activists
The City College of New York, New York
Thu, Mar 30, 2023 6:30 PM EST
Free Chol Soo Lee - Film and Talk
The City College of New York, New York
Wed, Apr 19, 2023 6:00 PM EST
CROSSINGS - film and talk on Korea
The City College of New York, New York
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ABOUT THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL
Third World Newsreel (TWN) is an alternative media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation, preservation and dissemination of independent film and video by and about people of color and social justice issues.

TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, Color Congress, MOSAIC, the National Film Preservation Foundation, New York Humanities, Ford Foundation and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.

The TWN Workshop will receive support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in 2022-2023.