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Urbanworld Returns! One of the World's Largest and Most Diverse Film Festivals Launches Its 22nd Year

Films helmed by and starring talent of color still remain, unfortunately, far and few between, but now in its 22nd year, the Urbanworld Film Festival continues to champion the work of predominantly black talents and filmmakers across the country and diaspora. As stated on its website: [Urbanworld] is one of the largest internationally competitive festivals…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

September 17, 2018
Beauty + Style

Tribeca Film Festival 2018: First-Time Feature Filmmaker Nia DaCosta Wins for Little Woods

There were dozens of incredible films, events, awards and celebrity sightings at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, but here’s one to really watch: On Thursday, writer and director Nia DaCosta took home the Nora Ephron Award at the festival’s juried awards ceremony for her first feature film, Little Woods. Starring Tessa Thompson and Lily…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

April 27, 2018
Entertainment

‘I Denied Myself That Dream’: Barry Jenkins Finally Gives That Best Picture Acceptance Speech

More than a year after that infamous mix-up at the Oscars, on Sunday at the SXSW conference, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins finally delivered the best picture acceptance speech he would have given. “I’m going to read something that I never read out loud before,” Jenkins opened: [Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney] and I are Chiron.…

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Anne Branigin

Published

March 12, 2018
Culture

Watch: Ava DuVernay’s Ultimate Dream Is to Make Room for Other People of Color in Hollywood

Ava DuVernay is no stranger to making history. She’s the first black woman to be nominated for a best director Golden Globe (Selma), she’s the first black woman to win a best director prize at Sundance, and the first black female director to have her film be nominated for an Oscar. And, now, DuVernay is…

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Danielle Young

Published

March 1, 2018
Culture

Watch: Yance Ford Tackles Grief and Racial Injustice in the Moving Documentary Strong Island

Filmmaker Yance Ford’s film Strong Island is a must-watch on Netflix. The documentary tells the story of the Ford family and how their lives were forever altered by the shooting death of Yance’s older brother, William, in 1992. He was killed by a white man in the Long Island, N.Y., hamlet of Central Islip, where Yance’s…

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Peter J. Rickards

Published

October 13, 2017
Entertainment

Girls Trip Hits $100,000,000 at Box Office, Proving Yet Again That Hollywood Should Always Bet on Black

Girls Trip, the breakout hit of the summer, has crossed the $100 million mark at the box office, proving, yet again, that movies for and by black people can put asses in theater seats. The comedy—starring Jada Pinkett Smith (black), Queen Latifah (black), Tiffany Haddish (black) and Regina Hall (black); directed by Malcolm D. Lee…

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Genetta M. Adams

Published

August 19, 2017