Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer, AFRO Photographed By Erik Tanner, Featured Image [dropcap]LOS[/dropcap] ANGELES (AP) — Winston Duke went from relative obscurity to being a household name with his first film and he wasn’t even the lead, or second or third performer listed for that matter. That the first film in question was “Black Panther” […]
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Ryan Coogler To Produce A Film About The Rise And Fall Of Fred Hampton | Essence
Britni Danielle, Essence American political and social activist and Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton (1948 – 1969) raises his arms at the ‘Days of Rage’ rally, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1969. (Photo by David Fenton/Getty Images). Featured Image [dropcap]According[/dropcap] to Deadline, Coogler has teamed up with Charles D. King’s production house a href=”https://www.essence.com/news/essence-time-inc-macro-partnership/”>MACRO to […]
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Rashidah De Vore Launches X On Demand: An Ingenious Cross Between Netflix and Black Twitter | The Network Journal
When Writer/Photographer/Content Creator Rashidah De Vore found difficulty getting her projects picked up by different companies and producers, she did what any self-respecting, entrepreneurial-minded woman would do: she created her own way.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Chiwetel Ejiofor’s charming directorial debut | The Guardian
The actor’s first film behind the camera is a stirring adaptation of a William Kamkwamba memoir telling an astonishing story of triumph in Malawi.
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If Beale Street Could Talk and the Urgency of Black Love | The Atlantic
Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel homes in on the familial tenderness that buoys the youthful protagonists amid devastatingly common injustices.
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Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem | Hyperallergic
Director Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph’s “Fly Paper” transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava’s 1950s portraits of Harlem.
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Black Girl Magic Indeed: Letitia Wright is Crowned 2018’s Queen of the Box Office | The Root
Letitia Wright did the damn thing this year.
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3 Films We’re Excited to See Developed From The Black List | Colorlines
The annual list compiles entertainment executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays of the year.
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WATCH: New Doc Captures Black Southerners’ Resistance | Colorlines
“What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?” looks at communities and how its residents cope with police violence and economic displacement.
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Netflix To Distribute Spike Lee-Produced Film ‘See You Yesterday’ | Deadline
Netflix has come aboard to distribute See You Yesterday, a travel drama produced by Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. The pic is the directorial debut from Stefon Bristol, Lee’s long-time NYU Graduate Film School protege.
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