This Wednesday the weekly NewFilmmakers series is presenting the Black Documentary Collective, a, er, collective of documentaries focusing on black issues in New York and elsewhere in the country. First up is Don DiNicola's video doc Nowhere Now from 2006. The film is about musicians who are pouring on the goodness in the local community around the Joshua Tree spot outside of Los Angeles. The movement, if you wish to call it that, is full of talented artists that are pushing the boundaries of their respective forms, as most artists generally try to do. Here's the trailer:

Nowhere Now is followed by a trio of docs; A Brush With Success, Hats By Bunn, and Director/Producer Charles Martin will round out the 7:15 group. They are followed by the feature documentaries, I Have Something to Say from 2007 and the non-Denzel piece The Frank Lucas Story. Sick of hearing about American history (shady or otherwise) filtered through the beautifully quaffed hair of Russel Crowe? Then check out this final chunk from the NewFilmmakers series for the real, truthful story of Frank Lucas' journey.

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