Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
We sat down with Michael V. Epps (Jake Taylor) and Shamon Brown Jr. (Papa) ahead of The Chi’s eighth and final season on Paramount+ to talk about brotherhood, what it means to grow up on screen alongside your audience, and the specific details of Chicago culture they brought to their characters. Shamon opens up about […]
The Chi is ending its run as one of the most culturally significant Black dramas on television. Created by Lena Waithe, the Showtime series has spent eight seasons telling grounded, complex stories rooted in the South Side of Chicago, exploring family, community, street life, love, and the conversations Black communities have always had but rarely […]
After eight seasons, The Chi is coming to an end. Showtime’s beloved drama set on the South Side of Chicago has spent years telling stories of love, loss, community, and resilience through some of television’s most grounded and emotionally complex characters. As the final season unfolds, the cast is reflecting on what the show has […]
Academy Award–winning actor Michael B. Jordan has been on a major run, coming off a strong awards season where he picked up multiple wins for his performance in the 2025 film Sinners. We’ve recently seen him take on darker, more intense roles, so seeing him transition into an animated kids movie shows he’s not trying […]
Let’s be real: at this point, we’re watching Euphoria out of loyalty — and the show knows it. I decided to take a “best 2 out of 3” approach to the last three episodes to figure out what this season is really giving. By now, after years of delays, behind-the-scenes disputes, and an audience that […]
The A24 drama dropped at the beginning of this month, and I’m still trying to wrap my head around what I watched. After months of top-tier marketing, this was easily one of the most anticipated films to come out. And honestly, a big part of that was the casting. You had Zendaya and Robert Pattinson—our […]
When conversations about great Black TV shows come up, we usually highlight the ones that received their flowers. But what about the ones that didn’t? Lincoln Heights. This is one of those shows that, to me, got lost in the sauce of early 2000s television. Maybe it had its moment back then, but for some […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to those who celebrate. While the holiday is traditionally meant to honor Irish heritage, it took on a whole new meaning for fans of the Power universe when Power Book II: Ghost Season 3 premiered on St. Patrick’s Day in 2023. The marketing made one thing very clear: this wasn’t just […]
When One Piece returns for Season 2, the Straw Hat Pirates are heading into uncharted territory. Premiering March 10 on Netflix, the new season sees Luffy and his crew finally entering the Grand Line — the most dangerous stretch of ocean in the world — where stronger enemies, bigger stakes, and even greater adventures await. […]
Disney Channel is known for many things, but when it created That’s So Raven, it truly did its biggest one. When the series premiered in 2003, history was made as Raven-Symoné became the youngest and first Black woman to have her real name in the title of a Disney comedy series. Audiences were introduced to […]