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Sanaa Lathan Admits She Was ‘Miserable’ While Filming ‘Love & Basketball’ | Essence

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

“I can laugh about it now,” the actress added in a recent interview.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco Feels Like Something Utterly New | Slate

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

This Sundance-winning debut is a movie like no other about a city like no other.

The-Pieces-I-Am | The Philadelphia Sun

May 31, 2019May 6, 2020African American Author, African American Cinema ...

An intimate look at the award-winning writer, opening Friday, June 28 at the Ritz 5

On ‘The Best of Enemies’: Hollywood Must Stop Using Black People as Narrative Devices | Colorlines

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Tambay Obenson writes that the film relegates Black people to “supporting roles in their own fight for freedom and recognition.”

Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

Jake Coyle | AP, The Washington Post Ms. Rivers founded the Black Bourbon Society in 2017. It now has more than 4,700 members.CreditAaron Borton for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]CANNES[/dropcap], France — Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first black female filmmaker in the […]

‘Let’s Keep This a Casual Enough Conversation That We Can Find the Humor in Things’ | The Atlantic

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Wyatt Cenac talks about making a comedy show with a conscience, and why “cancel culture” doesn’t work anymore.

Regina King Inks First-Look, Multi-Year Deal With Netflix And Fans Love It | Huff Post

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Academy Award winner has partnered with the streaming service to produce films and television series.

[WATCH] The Powerful Trailer For Ava Duvernay’s ‘When They See Us’ Is Here | Essence

April 23, 2019April 25, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

“When They See Us” will be available to stream on Netflix beginning May 31.

Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism | People’s World

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Tony Pecinovsky, People’s World Paul Robeson, Trafalgar Square, London, June 1959, ullstein bild/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]Gerald[/dropcap] Horne has made an amazing contribution to African American radical history with the newly published biography Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Though not as widely known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X […]

Harlem street renamed in honor of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis | New York Amsterdam News

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

AMNews Staff, New York Amsterdam News Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis with their children, Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] northeast corner of 123rd Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem now bears the names of famed acting and civil rights couple Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Dwyer Cultural Center hosted the ceremonial unveiling of […]