African American Film -

Review: ‘Mudbound’ Is a Racial Epic Tuned to Black Lives, and White Guilt | The New York Times

November 16, 2017African American Entertainment, African American Film ...

“Mudbound” is a movie about how things change — slowly, unevenly, painfully. It is also, as the title suggests, about how things don’t change, about the stubborn forces of custom, prejudice and power that lock people in place and impede social progress. …”

Spike Lee discusses terrorism, race and his work at Virginia Film Festival | Richmond Times-Dispatch

November 15, 2017African American Employment, African American Film ...

“Terrorism is terrorism,” Lee said Saturday afternoon just prior to screening his 1997 documentary, “4 Little Girls,” for a standing-room-only audience at the Paramount Theater.

Dee Rees wanted to make ‘an old-fashioned movie’ and ended up with an Oscar contender | The Washington Post

November 14, 2017African American Entertainment, African American Film ...

At the Middleburg Film Festival in October, the director Dee Rees had tears in her eyes. Her movie “Mudbound” had just brought a packed ballroom to its feet and, even though she had been on tour for several weeks with the film — a sprawling historical drama about two families, one African American, one white, working a hardscrabble patch of land in the American South — she was clearly overcome.

Kahlil Joseph’s New Film Is Steeped in Harlem’s History. And His Own. | The New York Times

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017African American Art, African American Cinema ...

“All of a sudden, I’m a fine artist,” Mr. Joseph said. “All thanks to my brother.”

Harry Belafonte tells crowd at likely last public appearance: ‘We shall overcome’ | The Guardian

October 23, 2017African American Art, African American Entertainment ...

Singer and civil rights activist, 90, holds Pittsburgh audience spellbound with tales of his life and denunciation of Trump as a national ‘mistake’

Jussie Smollett Reveals He’ll Be Playing Langston Hughes In Upcoming Biopic | Essence

October 12, 2017African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Smollett recently spoke to the hosts of ESSENCE’s Yes, Girl about his small cameo and revealed there’s more to come from the role.

A Former Superagent Bets Big on a More Diverse Hollywood | The New York Times Magazine

October 9, 2017African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

After years as the industry’s top African-American talent agent, Charles D. King is building an audacious new production company — with a vision for bringing long-neglected stories to the screen.