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You know that shadowy place Mufasa was telling Simba about in The Lion King? That’s where 2020 dwells.
Jun 7 2019
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“The most transparent way is the truth.”
May 1 2019
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Apr 5 2019
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Movie lovers likely remember well the 2017 awards season, which brought us the revival of the big screen musical…
Mar 21 2019
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It’s #ThrowbackThursday, which got us thinking about that time in 2016 when Ashton Sanders broke barriers portraying…
Jan 31 2019
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Imagine pitching your passion project to a room filled with already-intimidating network executives and Oprah walks…
Jan 22 2019
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André Holland is dreamy. Ever since seeing him blossom via Barry Jenkins’ patented full-on medium closeup shot in Moo…
Sep 11 2018
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Having money or status does not preclude anyone from experiencing racism, and director Barry Jenkins knows that…
Aug 2 2018
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Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight, which snagged 2017’s Best Picture Oscar, is back with If Beale Street Could…
Jul 11 2018
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Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) has tackled James Baldwin’s tragic, yet beautiful tale, If Beale…
Mar 12 2018
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More than a year after that infamous mix-up at the Oscars, on Sunday at the SXSW conference, Moonlight director…
Jan 9 2018
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Chicagoans are protective of their city, and for good reason. Over the past few years, the City of the Big Shoulders…
Dec 27 2017
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2017 has been, how do I put this succinctly, a fucking shit year.
Dec 22 2017
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2017 has been a motherfucker of a year. Despite this fact, blackness has flourished. We’ve seen a resurgence of…
Oct 5 2017
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After his history-making turn directing Moonlight, Barry Jenkins has chosen to tackle the work of one of America’s…
Jul 10 2017
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Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning feature film Moonlight, has plans to bring more black excellence to the…
May 8 2017
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Moonlight’s Jharrel Jerome and Ashton Sanders won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie and TV Awards Sunday, beating out heavy…
Apr 21 2017
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Moonlight may have won Best Picture at the Oscars and was a fan favorite, but the movie is receiving an even bigger…
Mar 2 2017
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Mahershala Ali has recently joined Michelle Obama, Harriet Tubman, the first Aunt Viv, Marshawn Lynch, and Mufasa…
Mar 2 2017
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Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle was released 30 years ago this year. Although it couldn’t have been noted at the…