Movies
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African American Film Critics Association Teams Up With Turner Classic Movies for The Black Experience on Film
The African American Film Critics Association has partnered with Turner Classic Movies to create a month-long programming event that looks at the portrayal of African Americans in film throughout cinematic history from the 1920s through the 1990s. The Black Experience on Film will feature 13 acclaimed members of AAFCA as they look at and discuss…
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'Wakanda and Chill' Will Soon Be a Reality
In less than two weeks, Black Panther (and Killmonger, and Shuri, and M’Baku, and Nakia, and Okoye, and Forest Whitaker’s Zuri accent) will be available on Netflix, permanently killing any hope you had of finishing your Netflix queue. The beloved Marvel movie’s arrival to the streaming platform was officially announced on the Twitter account, “Strong…
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Pack Your Bags: Plans For Girls Trip 2 Are Already in the Works
The shenanigans the Flossy Posse got into at the Essence Festival in New Orleans last year are legendary, so how will they up the ante for their next Girls Trip? That remains to be seen, but actress Regina Hall confirmed to BuzzFeed News that a sequel is in the works. During a visit to AM…
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Viola Davis and Her Band of Widows Shine in New Trailer
Director Steve McQueen’s upcoming film Widows is one of the most anticipated films this fall, and in a newly released trailer, you get to see why. The film, which was written by McQueen and Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn, stars Viola Davis, Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal, Jacki Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia…
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Will Packer's What Men Want Is More Than a Mel Gibson Reboot With a Black Woman
What Women Want was a rom-com that came out in 2000 and starred Mel Gibson as this deplorable single playboy who was given the gift of hearing women’s thoughts. Fast forward 18 years later and there’s a reboot of the classic, What Men Want, starring Taraji P. Henson and now, she’s got the gift of…
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Ready for Their Closeup: What Crazy Rich Asians Means to the People Who Made It
Director Jon M. Chu thought he was done with crying over Crazy Rich Asians. In an interview with The Root, Chu divulged that he and the movie’s cast and crew “cried almost every day on set.” The history-making film is only one of a handful of Hollywood films to boast an all-Asian cast, and is…
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Taraji P. Henson Has It All: Dishes on New Role, Wedding Plans and Almost Being Cast in Girls Trip
Taraji P. Henson has landed herself another leading lady role, and this time, it’s a rom-com. You’ve probably seen Mel Gibson in What Women Want back in 2000. Well, this version takes a #BlackGirlMagic spin and gives Henson the gift and the curse of hearing men’s inner thoughts, out loud. When asked if she would…
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BlacKkKlansman Allows You to Laugh at the Ridiculousness of White Supremacy, Then and Now
“With the right white man, you can do anything,”John David Washington says as Ron Stallworth—the black Colorado Springs, Colo., police officer who went “undercover” in the Ku Klux Klan—in Spike Lee’s latest joint, BlacKkKlansman. This sentiment is also an entire mood. Oh, AmeriKKKa. Stallworth’s tale of infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan might be set in…
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Spike Lee Wants Us to Respect Our White Allies: 'White People Have Died For Justice'
Spike Lee is well-respected as one of Hollywood’s biggest and blackest directors. On Friday, his latest, BlacKkKlansman arrives in theaters; the movie tells the story of Colorado Springs undercover detective Ron Stallworth, a black man who joined the Klu Klux Klan in the 1970s. Lee admits that he had never heard of Stallworth’s story, much…
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Sounds Like David Duke Is Afraid BlacKkKlansman Will Make Him Look Like a Dumb Fool Instead of Just a Racist One
The man who inspired Spike Lee’s new movie, BlacKkKlansman, says that the man he conned forty years ago—none other than the KKK’s Grandwizard David Duke—is concerned that the critically acclaimed new film might make him look stupid. The film, already considered to be one of Lee’s best in recent years, follows the journey of Ron…