c.2023, Dafina, $28.00, 256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer A good building starts with a substantial foundation. No matter where you go from there, that base...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Below you will find a list of documentaries, based on the roots of African American culture, compiled by Word in Black partner, The...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Women characters becoming sword slashing or shotgun-toting badasses (i.e., Kill Bill and Foxy Brown) or rebels against their prescribed roles (i.e. Thelma &...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Coupled with a duplicitous diabolical villain Professor Marmalade (Richard Ayoade) and overzealous police chief Misty Luggins (Alex Borstein), The Good Guys is an...
THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Normally a live event, “Sistas” streams online for the second year due to the pandemic. However, participants last year were able...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Nerd culture, Blerd culture goes coast to coast,” said Keith Cooper, who, along with his co-conspirator in Blerd-osity, Mark Wallace, takes on the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband, and father, is recovering from a recent stroke,” the comedian’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When I think about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other Black people murdered by racial hatred, I could not help...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black Nerdom is on the rise. Shows like Netflix’s Astronomy Club have proven that there is a demand for it. And in the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Episode six of Watchmen (titled "This Extraordinary being"), depicts vital moments in Black culture, trauma, or experiencing trauma. Episode seven delves into how...
ROLLING OUT — The former Destiny’s Child singer is a huge fan of the late disco legend and has long wanted to portray her on the big screen....
ROLLINGOUT — Cardi B is headed to the big screen again. The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker is set to star in Fast and Furious 9. Her casting was announced...
THE AFRO — Women in the Room Productions announced its premiere schedule for “Pushout: The Criminalization Of Black Girls in Schools", Friday. The documentary aims to feature...
ROLLINGOUT — Zoe Kravitz has been cast in The Batman movie beating out a short list that included Zazie Beetz, Eiza Gonzalez and Alicia Vikander. The 30-year-old...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium was a full house at the opening screening of a new local series focusing on injustices in the...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Directed by Craig Brewer, Dolemite Is My Name shares some familiar beats with your typical film about the movie business, namely a persevering...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — “Hair Love,” a new animated short showing the love between a Black father and daughter, is now in theaters. Premiering right before...
THE AFRO — This September marks the four year anniversary of 202Creates Month in the District and all month long Washington, D.C. residents will have the...
ATLANTA VOICE — Kathleen Bertrand radiated red-carpet royalty just before the commencement of the 10th Bronzelens Awards Show program at the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta. Bertrand,...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Coming of age during the growth of hip-hop in the mid-1980s and working at the legendary Def Jam Recordings and Rush Artist Management gave...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Montage, a monthly film series at The Pompano Beach Cultural Center, returns in August with Support the Reel. The program showcases four local...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” earned four wins from the African American Film Critics Association, who today, announced the winners of its...
THE AFRO — For the most part, Historically, stories about Black fathers in mainstream media often carry a misleading, yet pervasive tones of absenteeism, hyper masculinity,...
ROLLINGOUT — Amazing and awestruck are the feelings that came through as my eyes took in the latest indie flick, The Last Black Man in San...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Files was on set as a featured background actress for the film “The Irishman,” scheduled for theatrical release in fall 2019; it is directed...
