Hollywoods
What makes a piece of art “Black”? That’s a central question at the heart of Emmy winner Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut, American Fiction, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next month before opening in theaters on November 17. Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright as Dr. […]
The 95th Academy Awards went off without a hitch — and, as host Jimmy Kimmel made sure to remind us, without “Hitch,” er, Will Smith. Banned from the ceremony after last year’s infamous slap, Smith wasn’t the only prominent celebrity to skip this year’s awards, which took place at the familiar Dolby Theatre in Los […]
Viola Davis didn’t approach The Woman King like just another film. The Oscar winner took on the role of Nanisca, a general of the true-to-life all-women Agojie warriors, while also producing the film alongside her husband. But as it followed a little-known story in an African kingdom — fronted by a cast of nearly all-Black […]
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