EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto Film Festival is hosting the world premiere of the first feature-length documentary on playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who penned the iconic A Raisin In The Sun.
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Harlem to Havana: Langston Hughes Helped a Nation Connect to Its African Roots | NBC News
American poet Langston Hughes was driven by a curiosity to explore the culture of African peoples.
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The Black novelist history forgot | The Washington Post
Everything changed for Himes with the publication of “If He Hollers Let Him Go” in 1945.
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Barry Jenkins Sets James Baldwin Adaptation ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ As First Post-‘Moonlight’ Feature | Indie Wire
The very busy filmmaker has finally announced his first film project after his historic Oscar win.
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What I Learned About Love from Rereading ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ – PBS
This year marks the 80th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s best-known novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Though the book is currently hailed as one of the most important in American literature, its initial reception wasn’t completely rosy.
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James Baldwin’s letters acquired by the Schomburg – New York Amsterdam News
James Baldwin, a native son of Harlem, is home again, at least some of his precious letters and other artifacts are after having been acquisitioned by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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The Misunderstood Ghost of James Baldwin – Slate
How critics have misconstrued his influence on today’s great black nonfiction writers.
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Meet Raoul Peck, Director of the Powerful New James Baldwin Documentary ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ – Okay Africa
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story. What can we do?”
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