Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Morgan Freeman is the latest to join the cast of Paramount+’s original limited series Lioness. He joins alongside series leads Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Laysla De Oliveira. READ: [TRAILER] Spinning Gold: Wiz Khalifa, Tayla Parx, Ledisi and Star in Biopic About Casablanca Records Lioness is based on a real-life CIA program and follows Cruz […]
Spike Lee, in partnership with The Gersh Agency, created the Spike Fellows Program. The Spike Fellows Program is based on the principle that access plus exposure will create opportunities. And the fellowship is in support of Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) HBCU students: Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. READ: 15 Actors Whose […]
NBC announced Grand Crew season 2 will premiere Friday, March 3 at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. All episodes will stream the next day on Peacock. The wine comedy stars Echo Kellum, Nicole Byer, Aaron Jennings, Justin Cunningham, Carl Tart, and Grasie Mercedes. READ: Sundance 2023 Line Up: 25 Projects Directed or Starring BIPOC Talent […]
An interesting range of projects released trailers this week. We received an update on Joe Goldberg from You, the obsessive serial lover who is now going by as Professor Jonathan Moore. FX also dropped the trailer to the final season of Snowfall, and so much more. READ: 51+ Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 Check out […]
After premiering at SXSW in 2022 and being acquired by RLJE Films, Mo McRae’s directorial debut A Lot of Nothing gets release date. McRae also co-wrote the script with Sarah Kelly Kaplan and it stars McRae’s wife Lex Scott Davis, Y’Ian Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, Shamier Anderson, and Justin Hartley. The suspenseful, satirical thriller which David […]
Aunjanue Ellis and Ava DuVernay are reuniting for Caste, the adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller ‘Caste: Origins of Our Discontent. “Caste” is a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club selection, and the nonfiction book uses a structure of multiple stories to examines the long history of race in America across […]
Peacock’s record setting drama series Bel-Air announced a few new faces cast for its second season, Saweetie, Brooklyn McLinn, Jazlyn Martin, and Riele Downs join the series. Season 2 premieres on Peacock February 23 with new episodes streaming Thursdays. Saweetie will be making a cameo appearance as herself in the first episode, while McLinn, Martin, […]
The 54th NAACP Image Awards nominees have been released. When it comes to film nominations, The Woman King and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever lead with nine and 12 nominations. The limited series The Best Man: The Final Chapter and Abbott Elementary lead in the TV and streaming categories with seven and nine nods. Abbott creator […]
First Bumpy now Madame Queen. MGM+ Studios is developing a Hoodlum TV show remake based on the 1997 MGM film of the same name for its newly rebranded streamer MGM+ (formally known as EPIX). Written by Chris Brancato the period drama series will center on Harlem crime boss Stephanie St. Clair aka Madam Queen (portrayed […]
The cast of Tyler Perry upcoming fourth film at Netflix Six Triple Eight has been revealed. And we’re loving all of the talent involved. Kerry Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, and Kylie Jefferson will star in the inspiring true story of the 6888th battalion. It was the only all-Black, all-female World War II […]