“I can laugh about it now,” the actress added in a recent interview.
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco Feels Like Something Utterly New | Slate
This Sundance-winning debut is a movie like no other about a city like no other.
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On ‘The Best of Enemies’: Hollywood Must Stop Using Black People as Narrative Devices | Colorlines
Tambay Obenson writes that the film relegates Black people to “supporting roles in their own fight for freedom and recognition.”
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Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post
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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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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Ava DuVernay on Taking ‘The Red Line’ | Rolling Stone
Why the Oscar-nominated director put her producing power behind CBS’ new drama about a police shooting in Chicago
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The Critique That Inspired John Singleton to Make Poetic Justice | The Atlantic
After Boyz n the Hood was challenged on its portrayal of African American women, the late director created a character meant to better reflect their myriad experiences.
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[WATCH] The Powerful Trailer For Ava Duvernay’s ‘When They See Us’ Is Here | Essence
“When They See Us” will be available to stream on Netflix beginning May 31.
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Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism | People’s World
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 […]
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Harlem street renamed in honor of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis | New York Amsterdam News
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 […]
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