May 19, 2013

‘More Than A Month’ Follows Director’s Effort to End Black History Month

Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman speaks onstage during the Independent Lens Examines Black History Month panel during the PBS portion of the 2012 Winter TCA Tour at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on Jan. 5, 2012 in Pasadena

*The grand irony behind the PBS film “More Than a Month,” about a black man’s effort to get rid of Black History Month, is that it makes its television premiere during Black History Month. Shukree Hassan Tilghman – the documentary’s 29-year-old writer, director and producer – feels that black history should not be held apart [...]