Lee Daniels, who has helped both Halle Berry (he produced Monster’s Ball”) and Mo’Nique (he directed “Precious”) get Oscars might be in that enviable seat…
When “The Butler” comes out on August 16, there will be three Black men that made it happen – director Lee Daniels, White House butler…
Spike Lee has been the nation’s leading Black cinema artist for many years. His groundbreaking film “She’s Gotta Have It” was released in 1986, and…
HOT ON TV: All Times Eastern Friday, July 5 “Unbreakable” Bravo, 9 p.m. Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis star in this movie about a…
Director Ava Duvernay can relate to her documentary subject Venus Williams. Both are from Compton, California and both emerged onto the national scene in areas…
There’s a wonderful phenomenon going on in black movies these days. From a business perspective, Think Like A Man proved that an all-black cast can…
Before Barack Obama became the first African-American President (sorry, Bill Clinton does NOT count) the only time we saw a Commander-in-Chief of color was in the movies. Sometimes the portrayals were dignified (Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact) other times they were not (Terry Crews in Idiocracy), but nine times out of ten the world was […]
Hands down, unarguably one of the best love stories of all times is “Love Jones.” The tug and pull between Nina and Darius describes for so many people the real life drama that accompanies adult relationships (notice I didn’t say mature). I was reminded of this as I read the news feed on my FB […]
