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...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. actor Danny Glover said Thursday that he is in Nigeria to star in a movie based on...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic It was a sign of the times for Black life in the ‘60s. Police brutality. Poor housing. Few job opportunities....
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” is the No. 1 movie in North America for the second week straight. Universal’s biopic of rap group N.W.A....
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” is a box office force. The N.W.A biopic earned $60.2 million in its opening weekend — even more...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Warning: This isn’t some chump change Sundance indie movie about the rap group NWA. Nor is it a should-have-gone-straight-to-DVD afterthought...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has found the young woman who will ease on down the yellow brick road. The network Wednesday unveiled...
(Today.com) – Musical fans still have a few months before they have the chance to watch “The Wiz Live!” — the song-and-dance adaptation of “The Wizard...
Romain Dillet, TECHCRUNCH (TechCrunch.com) — Streaming services like Netflix are great, but you often end up watching the same blockbuster movies showing how a white...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laurence Fishburne is joining the “Roots” miniseries remake. A&E Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about...
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...
Hip-hop artist and actor Common has joined the cast of Barbershop 3, according to Entertainment Weekly. The Grammy and Academy Award winner will star alongside Ice Cube...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Good times are coming to the big screen. “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris has been set to write the screenplay for a “Good...
(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...
NICKI FINLAY, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Selma” star David Oyelowo has voiced his support for fellow British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who came under criticism for...
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...
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — “This is historic!” a photographer yelled as he surveyed the image before him — Sidney...
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,...
(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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: HUFF Events & PR Michelle Huff, michelle@huffent.com Kelley Jackson, kelley@huffent.com 212.239.1732 WORLD PREMIERE OF KEVIN HART: LET ME EXPLAIN TO CLOSE 17th ANNUAL...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: HUFF Events & PR Michelle Huff, michelle@huffent.com Kelley Jackson, kelley@huffent.com FILM LIFE’S 17th ANNUAL AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES “A CONVERSATION WITH” THE TALENTED...
