black directors
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Frankly My Dear, We Don't Give a Damn About These Woke Gestures If We Don't See Systemic Change in Hollywood
Hollywood is riding the woke train—without making any necessary stops along the journey to do the real work. Earlier in the month, we mentioned the emptiness of symbolic gestures in the form of Black boxes. Well, it seems like those black boxes are still continuing to cover up the bigger picture in yet other ways.…
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Stella Meghie to Direct Whitney Houston Biopic Produced by Pat Houston
It looks like an authorized feature biopic is coming together for the late Whitney Houston. According to Deadline, Stella Meghie (The Weekend, The Photograph) is currently in negotiations to direct the film titled, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Deadline also noted that Meghie “is a huge fan of Houston and chased this job hard.” The…
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Jordan Peele Explains Why He Chose Nia DaCosta to Direct Candyman
Contrary to the Internet’s (…always correct…) attribution, Jordan Peele is not the director of the film Candyman, he is simply a producer and co-writer of the upcoming revival of the ‘90s horror flick. Nia DaCosta, who is rising up the ranks as a filmmaker thanks to her work on Netflix’s Top Boy and the award-winning…
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First Look: Boyz N The Hood Is Now Available on 4K Ultra HD With Bonus Tribute to John Singleton, Who 'Changed Hollywood'
I’ll never forget the day I found out that John Singleton died. I was gallivanting about the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, not realizing that my current location would mean so much more than it already did to a cinephile like myself. Having some idle time on my hands, I scrambled to write up a proper…
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Ryan Coogler Just Started Writing the Black Panther 2 Story. Black Twitter: It's OK Baby, Take Your Time
All eyes are on Ryan Coogler as he prepares to embark on one of the most anticipated sequels in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal discussing upcoming Marvel projects during his final two years at Disney, CEO Bob Iger confirmed Coogler is “just beginning the process of outlining…
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Billy Porter Will Take a Seat in the Director’s Chair for Season 3 of Pose
And the category is…leadership! Billy Porter is adding yet another talent to his assortment of gifts—directing television! The newly-crowned Emmy winner has revealed he’ll be directing an episode for Pose’s already-anticipated third season. “I’ve been directing for 20 years in the theater, and I’m directing an episode of Season 3 myself,” Billy told Variety in…
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ABFF to Launch 1st Feature Award for Directors in John Singleton’s Honor in 2020
It’s a wrap on the 23rd Annual American Black Film Festival! I got to attend this year on behalf of The Root (I have more coverage from the fest coming soon; look out for it!) and as always, it was delightfully black as fuck. If you were at the festival for even a day, you…
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Do The Right Thing…Again: Spike Lee's Critically Acclaimed Joint Will Be Rereleased in Theaters for 30th Anniversary
If you can believe it, it’s edging on 30 years since Spike Lee implored us to Do The Right Thing. The critically acclaimed “Spike Lee joint” debuted on June 30, 1989, which means it’ll be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. That calls for a special celebration! Well, that’s exactly what’s being served up as…
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Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker John Singleton Dead at 51
Director, screenwriter and producer John Singleton has died at the age of 51. Deadline reports the filmmaker died peacefully on Monday, surrounded by family and friends at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “We want to thank the amazing doctors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital for their expert care and kindness and we again want thank all…
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Us Broke a Big Box Office Record—Consider It the Umpteenth Reminder that Black Narratives Are Marketable
The movie that had one of the best marketing campaigns known to man (shout-out to the scissors and fan art, just to name a couple), was helmed by a man debuting a highly anticipated follow-up to his first feature (a huge hit!), and dominated every social media feed for the past few months since its…