porgy and bess
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Inside Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll’s Steamy, Messy Nine-Year Love Affair
The groundbreaking actors had a love affair that would ultimately tear their families apart.
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Old Hollywood Excellence: A Celebration of Classic Black Movie Stars
For Black History Month we’re honoring Eartha Kitt, Josephine Baker, the Nicholas Brothers, Sidney Poitier and other pioneers of Black Hollywood.
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Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 Chronicles How Black Creators Have Influenced the History of Film
A new exhibit at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles highlights Black cinema from 1898-1971.
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White Performers Temporarily Switch Races to Perform Porgy and Bess
Although one may not subscribe to the tenets of white supremacy, it is impossible to argue against the idea that white people are the undefeated, undisputed world champions of finding loopholes. They can get out of murder by claiming they “feared for their life” or were “standing their ground.” They will argue that their actions…