NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the last minute, due to Omicron concerns, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival morphed from an in-person and virtual event to a purely...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival featured films, docs, shorts, TV, tech seminars and immersive experiences. It was a 21st century gathering place for filmmakers, artists and...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic TORONTO (NNPA) – The Toronto International Film Festival has aged gracefully into its 40th year anniversary. Black directors, actors and writers...
Jon Caramanica, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — When Shameik Moore got the part of Malcolm, the soft guy in a tough world...
LUQMAN ADENIYI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As scrutiny continues over diversity in film and opportunities for African Americans in Hollywood, some black actors and...
A new movie, second term for mayor and summer approaching has all eyes on Chicago’s politicians, police, people, and body count by Ashahed M. Muhammad Special...
(BET) – Tyler Perry had to cross a lot of hurdles to get where he is today, but, according to the media mogul, racism is not...
B.G. Henne, A.V. CLUB (A.V. Club) — Variety is reporting that How To Get Away With Murder’s Aja Naomi King has been cast opposite Armie Hammer...
Margalit Fox, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times)—Phyllis R. Klotman, a film scholar who helped unearth lost treasures of African-American cinema and...
(Variety) – Relativity is in talks to develop a biopic about American track and field hero Jesse Owens with Anthony Mackie attached to star. It’s the third Owens movie...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Spike Lee, the old guard of Black indie filmmaking, gets his mojo back with this classy, urbane vampireish art...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic In 18 years, the American Black Film Festival has migrated from Acapulco, Mexico, to Los Angeles to Miami and now...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “All’s far in love and war.” But these two couples are taking that too far. They can’t stop loving. Can’t...
by JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has heard this story before. A wave of high-profile films about black people receives...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Today, of course, when we talk about what we watch, that doesn’t necessarily mean just television or the big screen. We...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic As the New York Film Festival (http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2013) kicked off its 51st year, African heritage films were few and far between,...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic For decades Black films, actors and directors have made the pilgrimage to the Toronto International Film Festival and they’ve become...
(Reuters) – Race in America has been a hot topic of debate this summer and Hollywood, as if on cue, has muscled its way into the...
Halle Berry gets Meaty Role in ‘The Call’ (***) By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “911. What’s your emergency?” Call center operators are the unsung...
Rachel Mwanza as a child solider in War Witch. By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “You will come out of my belly one day. I don’t...
