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Regina King is set to star in and produce Shirley, the biopic of the first Black Congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for President of the U.S. for the Democratic Party, Shirley Chisolm. Directed by John Ridley, Shirley tells the story of trailblazing political icon Shirley Chisholm (King) and the cost of accomplishment […]
Black Lighting may have just ended but Nafessa Williams already has her next role lined up and it’s going to be dope! Nafessa Williams joins previously cast Y’lan Noel and Christina Jackson in FX’s The Spook Who Sat By The Door. Lucas Till, Nathan Darrow, and Tom Irwin have also been cast. The pilot is […]
Christina Jackson to star opposite Y’lan Noel in FX drama pilot adaptation of The Spook Who Sat by the Door. The series is based on Sam Greenlee’s spy novel that centered on the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first African American CIA officer hired by the agency in the late 1960s. He is a […]