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The Woman King’s Fiercest Battles Happened Off-Screen
‘I could not fail these other actors who trusted me to get this right,’ director Gina Prince-Bythewood said.
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John Boyega Talks New Film Breaking, Connecting With Industry Allies After 2020 Black Lives Matter Protest Speech
Breaking, starring Boyega, Nicole Beharie and the late Michael K. Williams hits theaters Aug. 26.
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Movies in 2022 We Can’t Wait to See
These 11 films are the 2022 movie releases we’re most excited about.
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WB Is Reportedly Committing to a Black Director for Its Black Superman Film. Let's Go Up, Up and Away With Our Guesses
Put on your Clark Kent glasses, because we have some super-scoop for y’all! In February, many blerds collectively lost their shit (Joe Jurado, we see you!) when it was announced that acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates would be writing the screenplay for Warner Bros.’ next Superman film, which will be produced by J.J. Abrams and set…
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Here's a Golden (Globes) Opportunity to Call Out the B.S.
So, that happened. It’s always happening. Working in the entertainment industry means awards season is akin to the Super Bowl. Using that same Super Bowl analogy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) committed a significant fumble during the 4th quarter just one week prior to their awards ceremony, the 78th Golden Globe Awards. In a…
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Black Cop Kills Unarmed White Kid? Everything Isn’t as It Seems in Fox’s New Series Shots Fired
Oscar Grant. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Freddie Gray. Anthony Hill. Philando Castile. Alton Sterling. These are just a few names from a much longer list of black men who have died at the hands of law enforcement in less than a decade. So when the new Fox show Shots Fired ran early trailers zoning in…