It was a crucial juncture in her career, a career during which she’d endured countless humiliations…
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Forgotten Black Women of Early Hollywood Take Center Stage at CAAM
Hollywood has long had a problem with representation and diversity, especially concerning anyone female and nonwhite.
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Quest review – black lives in the age of Obama | Quest
The power of a documentary tracing the fortunes of an African American family over eight years is all in the tender details.
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Review: In ‘Crown Heights,’ Justice Delayed and Denied | The New York Times
… “Crown Heights” nonetheless makes a powerful argument that Colin’s imprisonment was hardly an anomaly.
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Detroit and Filmmaker Janicza Bravo | Slate
The director talks about her “weird” new movie Lemon, directing Atlanta’s “Juneteenth” episode, and challenging what it means to be a black female filmmaker.
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The Samuel L. Jackson Method | The New York Times
He builds downtime into a schedule of near-constant work. Call his agent if you have a problem with that.
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Black America: Amazon alt-history series to depict a post-reparations US | The Guardian
In contrast to HBO’s controversial Confederate, this drama will imagine a timeline in which black Americans inhabit a sovereign country.
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Review: In ‘Detroit,’ Black Lives Caught in a Prehistory of the Alt-Right | The New York Times
Racial slurs fly fast and furious in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit,” but the most troubling and divisive words uttered onscreen are variations on the simple pronouns “they” and “them.”
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HBO doc ‘Baltimore Rising’ explores life after Freddie Gray | The Washington Post
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The producers and participants in “Baltimore Rising” say national and local media sensationalized the protests that erupted after the death of Freddie Gray, but that their new documentary humanizes the narrative.
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Jessica Williams Says Learning About ‘Womanism’ Helped Her Embrace the Beauty of Her Blackness | Atlanta Black Star
Comedian Jessica Williams may seem like the epitome of confidence, but she says she has struggled with her appearance throughout her life.
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