“HERO” will open the 28th Pan African Film Festival in L.A
CaribbeanTales Media Group, California Pictures and Imagine Media International announce the screening of their feature film HERO: Inspired by The
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Bafta 2020: Do awards exclude women and black actors?
The Baftas have been criticised for a lack of representation after no non-white actors were nominated, and no women were
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Acclaimed Syria documentary wins British Independent Film Awards
For Sama, a documentary about a young mother’s experience of the Syrian civil war, has won the top prize at
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Disney+ warns viewers about past racism, but not as well as Warner Bros.
Some of Disney’s older movies streaming on Disney+ will include disclaimers about the cultural context of certain scenes that are considered outright
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Oscar heartbreak as Nigeria’s Lionheart disqualified
Nigerian film director and actor Genevieve Nnaji has protested against the disqualification of her film, Lionheart, from Oscar’s Best International
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HERO Film wins African Movie Academy Award
HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr. Ulric Cross named Best Diaspora Narrative Film in the 15th
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US actor-comedian John Witherspoon dies at 77
US actor and comedian John Witherspoon, best known for his role as rapper Ice Cube’s father in the comedy trilogy
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Kanye West Previews Trailer for ‘Jesus Is King’ Film
Kanye West has officially released the trailer for his upcoming film, Jesus is King. Directed by Nick Knight, the trailer doesn’t reveal
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Brad Pitt Opened Up About His Evolving Thoughts on God: ‘I Cling to Religion’
Brad Pitt is currently on the cover of GQ magazine, and in the wide-ranging interview, he opens up about his evolving ideas surrounding
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Viola Davis to play Michelle Obama in Showtime’s First Ladies
Viola Davis will play former US First Lady Michelle Obama in a new TV drama, according to US media. The Oscar-winning
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The BFI Launches new fund for short form Animation
The BFI has launched a Short Form Animation Fund alongside new research, which both aim to support growth in the
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Disney cast the Little Mermaid as a black woman. Why that unnerved some is the same reason others rejoiced
When Disney announced Friday that the star of its Little Mermaid reboot will be Grownish actress Halle Bailey — not Halle Berry, as I and
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Hero: the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
The amazing movie HERO will screen in cinemas around London from 22nd June to 30th June. Join the team at
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Ditching the ‘sassy black woman’ for horror
Octavia Spencer is ready to rip up the rule book, blood-soaked knife in hand. The actress and producer makes her
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All Black Everything – John Singleton put black lives on the big screen.
For those of us who grew up black in the 1980s, going to the movies meant picking a character to
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