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by Helena Andrews onSeptember 22, 2010
I read the book over and over again when I was a kid. Now I've watched the movie trailer over and over again. And I am afraid. Very afraid.
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August 11, 2010
Isaiah Mustafa "transferred" from For Colored Girls to Madea.
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by Nsenga Burton onAugust 5, 2010
There's a reason Tyler Perry and Lee Daniels are the ones we see making movies about the lives of African-American women.
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June 21, 2010
The Boondocks takes down Madea.
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May 24, 2010
Tyler Perry has made less than a million overseas. He's looking to change that.
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May 6, 2010
This Mother's Day and beyond, we're celebrating the many lovely -- and often troubled -- black mother-daughter relationships portrayed in films. To create the list, we asked our Facebook and Twitter family for their favorites. Guess how many star Alfre Woodard?
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by Dr. Todd Boyd onApril 26, 2010
There's a reason why there's never been an adaptation of an August Wilson play at the multiplex. When it comes to the lives of black folks, Hollywood--and the movie-going audience--doesn't do complicated, nuanced or subtle.
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April 4, 2010
You can't be too much of a snob about films like Why Did I Get Married, Too because they serve a need.
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April 4, 2010
You can't be too much of a snob about Tyler Perry films because they serve a need.
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February 27, 2010
Precious, Tyler Perry, score trophies at annual event.
