Jaafar Jackson, the nephew of Michael Jackson, has been chosen to portray the King of Pop in the upcoming biopic Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Graham King. According to Shadow and Act, the 26-year-old singer, who is the son of Jermaine Jackson, will take on the lead role in the film, which […]
The documentary “Little Richard: I Am Everything” from Magnolia Pictures encourages audiences to pay tribute to one of the pioneers of rock n’ roll music. Under the skillful direction of Lisa Cortés, the film takes an in-depth look at the life of Little Richard, whose explosive musical style and spellbinding performances revolutionized the genre. Featuring […]
Get ready for the highly-anticipated fourth season of A Black Lady Sketch Show, which is making its return to HBO on April 14th at 11/10c. The newly-released teaser for “A Black Lady Sketch Show” gives fans a sneak peek of one skit featuring Robin Thede’s returning character Dr. Haddassah: A Black Lady Sketch Show is […]
This article contains Amazon affiliate links. The newly released book Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures is a companion work for the Afrofuturism Smithsonian exhibition that opens March 24th. The art exhibition is an immersive exploration of Afrofuturist expression and culture across various mediums, including literature, music, art, film, fashion, and activism. It showcases hundreds […]
Recently having its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, This World Is Not My Own is an incandescent portrait of Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982), a self-taught African American artist whose home in Vinings, a suburb of Atlanta, became a canvas for her art in the 1970s. The synopsis reads: “Beginning with her birthday […]
James Baldwin: The Magpie Years, 1940-1942 is a newly released podcast that takes listeners through James Baldwin’s early days as a teenage prodigy at NYC’s renowned DeWitt Clinton High School. The Magpie was a journal created by students, including Baldwin, at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. It offered a portrait of New York […]
The critically acclaimed drama film A Thousand and One is Teyana Taylor’s first major leading role in a film. Taylor, widely known as a singer, is fully committed to taking her acting career to new heights. In A Thousand and One, Taylor stars as Inez de la Paz, a free-spirited young woman who has just […]
Nine-year-old Tiana Akoh-Arrey was bullied about her hair texture, but she turned the negative experience into a celebration of self-love through writing about it in her new book “My Afro: Twin Best Friends.”