Netflix has come aboard to distribute See You Yesterday, a travel drama produced by Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. The pic is the directorial debut from Stefon Bristol, Lee’s long-time NYU Graduate Film School protege.
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Film About Free Black Women Millionaires In The 1800s Coming To Screen | Madame Noire
Veronica Wells , Madame Noire [dropcap]One[/dropcap] of the criticisms we’ve had about period pieces that center Black people is the fact that so many of the stories center around slavery, struggle and subservience. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] But a new film seeks to do something different. The play The House That Will Not Stand, is becoming a […]
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No More “We Can’t Find Any Black Female Writers”: Here Are 62 Scribes in One Photo | The Hollywood Reporter
For The Hollywood Reporter’s largest shoot ever, members of Black Women Who Brunch, a networking group co-founded by Lena Waithe, gather to discuss how the industry can better understand black women in Hollywood: “We have to be exceptional.”
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These 3 Black Women Are Aiming To Change The Face Of Talk Shows | Essence
Cable networks and digital platforms are welcoming a diverse range of modern creatives who are now emboldened to develop their own audiences.
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Ava DuVernay Secures the Bag With $100 Million Warner Bros. TV Deal | The Root
This is DuVernay’s first contract with any studio, and the relationship is set to begin in January 2019.
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Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC | Roger Ebert.com
A few years ago producer Sandra Schulberg told me a mesmerizing story about a film made by the late artist, Horace Jenkins, who died before it’s theatrical release, and whose film lay lost for three decades.
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Your Guide to the Smithsonian African American Film Festival | Washingtonian
More than 80 films will show at the first annual festival from October 24-October 27
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Angela Flournoy on Barry Jenkins: 3 Must-Read Passages | Colorlines
The celebrated novelist profiled the Oscar-winning filmmaker ahead of the November release of his upcoming film, “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
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New Smithsonian Film Festival Celebrates Black Cinema | Colorlines
The inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival features four days of screenings and master classes, plus a tribute to veteran filmmakers.
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‘Passing for white’: how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege | The Guardian
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, a theme little seen since the likes of Show Boat and Pinky.
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