Supporting Black is a popular theme thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement. But the rise of Black Film Festivals has been a necessary element needed to help bolster support for filmmakers dedicated to the image of people of color on big screens worldwide.
‘Atlanta’ star Brian Tyree Henry and Forrest Gump’s Mykelti Williamson have joined David Oyelowo and Storm Reid in the upcoming film ‘Only You.’
Amazon is developing Black America, an alternate history drama series where freed slaves have control over the South. Black America hails from top feature producer Will Packer and Award-winning The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder.
Esteemed actor Samuel L. Jackson has landed his first major television series role, according to an exclusive report by Deadline.
Amazon is developing Black America, an alternate history drama series where freed slaves have control over the South. The news follows the recent controversial announcement of HBO’s upcoming drama series Confederate, which will explore slavery being a legal and modern day institution. Although both series are tackling an alternate timeline, Black America and Confederate will take rather distinctive approaches. Black America hails […]
Esteemed actor Samuel L. Jackson has landed his first major television series role, according to an exclusive report by Deadline. Jackson will star in Old Man, a thriller series that is based on the book The Old Man by the Award-winning author Thomas Perry. Old Man centers on widower Dan Chase (Samuel L. Jackson), an average retiree carrying a deep, […]
Filled with authenticity, Chapter & Verse profoundly depicts the predicament of a recently released ex-con (Daniel Beaty) striving to create a new life for himself on the mean, unforgiving streets of Harlem. Beaty plays the leading role of Lance, freshly released from prison after serving eight years. While incarcerated, Lance developed a useful skill in repairing computers, […]
Filled with authenticity, Chapter & Verse profoundly depicts the predicament of a recently released ex-con (Daniel Beaty) striving to create a new life for himself on the mean, unforgiving streets of Harlem.
N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award-winning science fiction fantasy novel The Fifth Season is currently being developed into a television series at TNT. Shortly following the announcement of Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death novel being adapted for television, the news is yet another exciting victory for black authors telling distinctive stories. The Fifth Season is an epic drama series set in a […]
N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award-winning science fiction fantasy novel ‘The Fifth Season’ is currently being developed into a television series at TNT. Shortly following the announcement of Nnedi Okorafor’s ‘Who Fears Death’ novel being adapted for television, the news is yet another exciting victory for black authors telling distinctive stories.