Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
DeVon Franklin is bringing something deeply personal—and boldly different—to the stage this weekend. The best-selling author, film producer, preacher, and actor is making his Off-Broadway debut with his one-man show Be True: My Journey from Breakdown to Breakthrough, a live theatrical experience running July 18–20 at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City, in […]
Sometimes the best conversations take a few twists before they finally land—and that was definitely the case with Cheyenne Ewulu. Between reschedules, life updates, and a few cosmic mishaps, we finally got to connect. And trust, it was worth the wait. Cheyenne Ewulu isn’t just a filmmaker or a creator—she’s a whole ecosystem of originality, […]
For our latest episode of This Might Get Me Canceled, I sat down with director and writer Thembi Banks—and this one’s not about surface-level success. It’s about the real stuff: the detours, the delays, the doubt, and the deep-rooted drive it takes to stay in the game. From directing her feature debut Young. Wild. Free. […]