Film
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Jan- 2020 -23 January
FILM REVIEW: Bad Boys for Life
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Twenty-five years later, their bromance is as fresh as the day they met. Smith, as the mercurial, perpetual bachelor exhibits his best swagger in years. His Mike…
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23 January
FILM REVIEW: The Gentlemen
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Writer/director Guy Ritchie, coined a style of staccato crime/thriller moviemaking that is dense, filled with characters, laden with cheeky graphic language, sexy, often ultra-violent and cast with…
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13 January
40 Years of Cathy Hughes’ Leadership at Urban One
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The media company that for decades was known as Radio One Inc. for its stable of radio stations across the country, changed its name in 2017 to…
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13 January
COMMENTARY: Golden Globe Awards Blackout — Travesty or Testament?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black talent being shut out of the Golden Globes is not just a travesty but also a testament to the power of the work and the narratives…
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11 January
The Black struggle in 2019: Staying aware, facing injustice and fighting for the future
THE FINAL CALL — There was a mass shooting in this country every single day in 2019 and 29 of those 385 mass shootings were also mass murders. Some of…
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Sep- 2019 -20 September
New Criminal Justice Film Series from The Marshall Project Highlights Chicago Witnesses to System’s Injustices
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium was a full house at the opening screening of a new local series focusing on injustices in the criminal justice system. On…
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19 September
TIFF 2019: In ‘Dolemite Is My Name,’ Eddie Murphy makes a way out of no way
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Directed by Craig Brewer, Dolemite Is My Name shares some familiar beats with your typical film about the movie business, namely a persevering protagonist who dreams of…
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12 September
OCTFME Shares Plans for 202Creates
THE AFRO — This September marks the four year anniversary of 202Creates Month in the District and all month long Washington, D.C. residents will have the chance to participate in…
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3 September
Hip-Hop and Fashion Film Featured at 2019 Sidewalk Festival, Wins Award
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Coming of age during the growth of hip-hop in the mid-1980s and working at the legendary Def Jam Recordings and Rush Artist Management gave filmmaker Lisa Cortés a…
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Aug- 2019 -19 August
The Pompano Beach Cultural Center Shines Spotlight on Black Filmmaker
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Montage, a monthly film series at The Pompano Beach Cultural Center, returns in August with Support the Reel. The program showcases four local Black filmmakers and will…
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