Blair Underwood and Tiffany Haddish join the Oscar winner in a lively period piece about a black woman succeeding. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] After the debacle that was the Oscars all but ignoring black talent this year, audiences are long overdue to see black characters thriving and succeeding onscreen. Like most progressive change in Hollywood these days, […]
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Octavia Spencer-Led Series on Madam C.J. Walker Coming to Netflix | Colorlines
The beauty mogul built a hair care empire and became the first Black female millionaire.
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Octavia Spencer To Produce New Film About First Black Woman To File And Win Her Freedom Suit | MadameNoire
Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer has been linked to a new project and we’re particularly excited about it. According to Variety, Spencer has signed on to executive produce an independent movie about Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman.
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Nat Geo Developing ‘Hidden Figures’ Scripted Series | Colorlines
The series draws from the Oscar-nominated movie about the Black women whose mathematical expertise made some of NASA’s earliest missions possible.
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Why Hidden Figures should win the best picture Oscar – The Guardian
Theodore Melfi’s feelgood biopic about three African-American women working for Nasa in the 1960s breaks boundaries with a knowing kick of its kitten heel.
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