Black Films Are Buzzing At This Year's Sundance Festival

Black Films Are Buzzing At This Year's Sundance Festival
Chiwetel Ejiofor arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Chiwetel Ejiofor arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Every year the Sundance Film Festival premieres some of the best independent black films around, and it looks as if 2015 will be no different. Viola Davis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rick Famuyiwa, Zoë Kravitz and Stanley Nelson are just a few of the black actors and filmmakers attending the festival in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1. Sundance was where films like Fruitvale Station and directors like Ava DuVernay won big before going on to garner even more acclaim. This year, early buzz for many of the films is extremely positive.

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