Kareem Waris Olamilekan, an 11-year-old artist based in Lagos, is receiving global recognition due to his phenomenal artwork. Describing his style as hyperrealistic, Olamilekan began drawing at the tender age of six. By eight years old, he became a professional, making him the youngest professional artist in Nigeria. To succeed at hyperrealism, extreme patience is […]
The notable Nelson Mandela committed his life to fighting inequality and apartheid in his home country of South Africa. Through his humbling work, the inspirational leader became a revolutionary and global symbol of courage and determination, compassion, and forgiveness. Today, we pay homage to the philanthropic icon on what would have been his 100th […]
In the black community, therapy often has a negative stigma attached to it, which is based on the misconstrued assumption that only “crazy” people require therapy, or that it should be reserved for the weak-minded. By creating Therapy for Black Girls, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D., is eagerly working to eliminate these harmful myths surrounding […]
As part of her multi-year production deal with Netflix, TV producer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes is developing eight original series for Netflix, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Widely known for creating critically acclaimed and binge-worthy shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, and Scandal, the television powerhouse recently unveiled the […]
Sorry to Bother You is exactly what the world needs right now. Directed by Boots Riley and starring Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson, the film creates a space for eccentric blackness to thrive in, and doesn’t rely on trite stereotypes based on what we’re expected to be like. This may be uncomfortable to viewers who […]
In his first Netflix special, comedian and host of CNN’s United Shades of America W. Kamau Bell uses his experiences as a black man and a parent to highlight the problematic and absurd state of our so-called democracy. Titling his performance Private School Negro, Bell presents his own positionality to assert that blackness is not a […]
Being a late 80’s baby, I have encountered In Living Color as a very young child, but more so as an adult. Some of my favorite characters (along with everyone else’s) include Wanda, Fire Marshall Bill, and Homey D. Clown. While I found them and the situations they were placed in funny, I was too […]
At only 11 years of age, Camryn Cowan and Jordan Millar are already on a promising journey as composers. This summer, the musically gifted pair debuted two originally composed works, “Harlem Shake” and “Boogie Down Uptown,” at the historical New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The audience was highly impressed with the performance, awarding the girls […]
Denzel Washington stars in “The Equalizer 2” Denzel Washington returns to his role as Robert McCall, former militiaman turned Lyft driver by day and vigilante by night, The Equalizer. He teams up with director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) for a third time, the result, a strangely heartwarming, yet flinchingly violent pseudo-parable of reaping and […]
The first trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk has been released in honor of James Baldwin’s birthday today, August 2nd. Adapted from Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name, the film is the next in line from the Academy Award-winning Moonlight director, Barry Jenkins. If Beale Street Could Talk tells the story of […]