Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
What would you do if you found out your partner was a serial killer? And if your daughter was dating a killer’s son, how far would you go to protect her? For Bokeem Woodbine, the answer is clear. Somebody might be going missing. The actor and Nona Parker Johnson are stepping into the twisted world […]
If you watched Snowfall, you know Quincy Chad, even if you only know him as Deon. The New York–bred actor has built a career one strong role at a time, with appearances on Orange Is the New Black, Power, and The Get Down. He was a Snowfall fan long before he joined the cast. He […]
Long before creating television, Deji LaRay was learning it from the inside. At 13, the Atlanta native was on stage in The Shadow Box, guest-starring on New York Undercover, and flying to New York solo for auditions. Three decades later, the résumé includes The Shield, Charmed, Without a Trace, and Bosch, but the most compelling […]
For weeks, If I Go Will They Miss Me kept showing up on my feed. There were talkbacks, community screenings, and collaborations with people I already follow. The cast was out there pushing it. Posts announced which city the film was going to next. It didn’t feel like a movie being sold to me. It […]
In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves did something no history book could: he gathered the surviving legends of the Harlem Renaissance in Duke Ellington’s Harlem home, poured the drinks, and let the cameras roll. Painters, poets, journalists, and musicians who hadn’t seen each other in decades laughed, argued, and remembered the movement they built together. Then […]
Let me just say it first: I loved it. 10 out of 10. I’ll be back every year Imani and her team will have me. The purpose of a conference or convention, to me, is to give you the opportunity to be in a room with people you would not normally be around on a […]
Ten years ago today, Marvel’s Luke Cage premiered on Netflix, introducing audiences to a bulletproof Black man patrolling the streets of Harlem. The series, which debuted its 13-episode first season on September 30, 2016, starred Mike Colter in the title role and was created by showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, a former music journalist turned television […]
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again? brings the beloved friend group back together, nineteen years after the original Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and sixteen years after its 2010 sequel, for a destination wedding in Italy. Marcus (Michael Jai White) and Angela’s (Tasha Smith) daughter Jasmine (Armani Greer) is marrying Wesley (Everett […]
Netflix is marking a decade in South Africa with a fresh lineup of local titles, spanning returning seasons and sequels of established favorites alongside brand new series and unscripted formats. The streamer unveiled the lineup at a press showcase in Rosebank, Johannesburg, where Netflix executives, filmmakers and on-screen talent gathered to mark 10 years since […]
From September through December, theaters and streamers are packed with new releases — big franchise tentpoles like Avengers: Doomsday and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, awards-season dramas, horror, comedy, and a handful of Lifetime original movies rounding things out. Here’s the full rundown of what’s premiering before the end of 2026, in release-date […]