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 […]
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Nnedi Okorafor Is Creating a TV Series Company for Africanfuturist Stories | Brittle Paper
Nnedi Okorafor is creating a TV series company for Africanfuturist stories. The multi-awarded novelist revealed this on Facebook via a post on 16 April. The company’s name is Africanfuturism Productions, Inc. In a reply to a comment by the writer and University of Manchester lecturer Geoff Ryman, she wrote: “TV series are my focus right […]
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Central Park Five Speaks Ahead of ‘When They See Us’ Premiere | Colorlines
Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise tell their stories before the Ava DuVernay-helmed miniseries about their lives hits Netflix.
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How These Black Playwrights Are Challenging American Theater | The New York Times
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on influences, gatekeepers and helping “the young black theater nerd find work that looks like them.”
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Obamas to Produce Slate of Films for Netflix | The Washington Informer
WI Web Staff, The Washington Informer Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle arrive at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago, Illinois in 2017. (Jim Young/AFP/Getty Images), Featured Image [dropcap]Former[/dropcap] President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions is producing for release on Netflix a feature film adaptation of author […]
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Restoration of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home To Begin This Spring | Shoppe Black
Shoppe Black Staff, Shoppe Black [dropcap]The[/dropcap] proposed rehabilitation of Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, N.C., is moving forward, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The group has completed an official assessment of the house’s structural conditions and chosen a path of initial action alongside the four New York-based artist-owners, Adam Pendleton, Rashid […]
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Regina King Inks First-Look, Multi-Year Deal With Netflix And Fans Love It | Huff Post
The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Academy Award winner has partnered with the streaming service to produce films and television series.
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Pharrell Made Only $2,700 In Songwriter Royalties From 43 Million Plays Of ‘Happy’ On Pandora | Business Insider
This past year was great for singer Pharrell Williams. His song “Happy” secured him Grammy nominations for Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Despite Pharrell’s ubiquity, “Happy” made $2,700 in publisher and songwriter royalties from 43 million Pandora streams in the first quarter of 2014, according to an email from music […]
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Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November | The Root
Jay Connor, The Root Image: iStock, Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had […]
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Jemele Hill Launches New Podcast With Spotify | Colorlines
“Jemele Hill is Unbothered” will feature interviews and unapologetic commentary on sports, politics and culture.
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