NEW YORK (AP) — Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is heading back to Broadway to be a waitress — but not in “Waitress.”
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Regina King and Colman Domingo Make Us Better With ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ | Colorlines
The veteran actors discuss their relationships to James Baldwin, what they brought to their portrayal of Sharon and Joe Rivers and the passion for rich Black characters.
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If Beale Street Could Talk and the Urgency of Black Love | The Atlantic
Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel homes in on the familial tenderness that buoys the youthful protagonists amid devastatingly common injustices.
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Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem | Hyperallergic
Director Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph’s “Fly Paper” transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava’s 1950s portraits of Harlem.
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3 Films We’re Excited to See Developed From The Black List | Colorlines
The annual list compiles entertainment executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays of the year.
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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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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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Black Films Come Out Of The Vault In TCM, Black Critics Monthlong Showcase | Forbes
Not only are these movies integral to the history of American cinema, but they shine a light on how the black experience is portrayed on camera.
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From Birth of a Nation to BlacKkKlansman: Hollywood’s complex relationship with the KKK | The Guardian
Spike Lee’s latest film, about a black detective infiltrating the Klan, once again raises the issue of how seriously cinema should take the white supremacist group.
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With BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee Sounds the Alarm About America’s Past and Present | The Atlantic
The director’s newest film follows a policeman who successfully infiltrated the KKK in the 1970s, but the story it tells is also very much about the U.S. today.
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