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Baltimore Filmmaker Iman DuPree Takes Home Best LGBT Film For ‘Zaire’ at Sweden Film Awards

Baltimore filmmaker Iman DuPree is making noise on the international festival circuit. They debut feature, Zaire, took home Best LGBT Film at the Sweden Film Awards for March 2026 — and the film is just getting started. Zaire centers on two remote workers navigating grief, loneliness, and an unexpected connection during the pandemic. Shot largely […]

Dramedy ‘Thirty Something: Adulthood Under Construction’ to Premiere Pilot Episode at the 2026 Big Apple Film Festival

HDP Studios has announced that the pilot episode of its upcoming half-hour scripted series, Thirty Something: Adulthood Under Construction, will screen at the 2026 Big Apple Film Festival on May 12 at 9:30 PM at Village East by Angelika, Theater 3. The series was created by Romeo Etienne and Hope Hollinsworth Coaxum and follows Romeo […]

30 Years, 50 Films: ABFF Unveils 2026 Voices of Culture, African Stories, and AI x XR Storytelling Non-Competitive Lineup

The American Black Film Festival is marking its 30th anniversary with one of its most expansive and far-reaching showcase lineups yet. Under the theme “Homecoming,” the festival returns to Miami Beach May 27–31 with 50 short films across three non-competitive sections — Voices of Culture, African Stories, and the AI x XR Storytelling Showcase — […]

CynCity Productions Wraps First Feature Film on Romantic Comedy ‘Fried Catfish’

CynCity Productions has officially wrapped production on its debut feature film Fried Catfish, written by Inda Craig-Galván and starring Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Terri J. Vaughn, Anthony Fleming III, Malcolm Barrett, and Ayanna Bria Bakari. The film centers on Veronica Brooks, a control-freak restaurant manager whose life takes a chaotic turn when she tries to rid […]

The Internet Is Buzzing Over Alexis Franklin’s AI-Style Miranda Priestly Meme in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

The internet is doing what it does best—zooming in, dissecting, and debating—and this time the spotlight is on a viral-looking image from The Devil Wears Prada 2 that many initially assumed was generated by artificial intelligence. Artist Alexis Franklin is behind one of the most talked-about visuals in the film—a meme that looks AI-generated but […]

Big Boi & Jami McCoy Team Up for Atlanta 1996: We Ran The City Doc on the City’s Olympic-Era Cultural Boom

Atlanta’s Olympic era is getting a deeper, more layered spotlight—and this time, it’s coming from one of the city’s own. Atlanta native and Grammy-winning artist Big Boi is set to executive produce a new documentary, Atlanta 1996: We Ran The City, a project that digs into the cultural and social explosion surrounding the 1996 Centennial […]

Kev On Stage Is Not Just Funny. He’s Bankable | On Building an Ecosystem While Everyone Else is Building a Following

While the industry debates the future of entertainment, one creator has already been living it. I study KevOnStage. Not just because I enjoy what he makes, but because what he has built over the last decade is a masterclass in what sustainable creative entrepreneurship actually looks like. And I think it is worth naming clearly, […]