Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
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 […]
From psychological thrillers and animated comedies to documentary portraits and road trip farces, 2026 has delivered one of the most varied and compelling slates of films from Black and Brown directors in recent memory. Whether you are in the mood for a surreal Bay Area heist, a bloody Southern Gothic reckoning, a quiet grief drama […]
Tommy Davidson is stepping back into the spotlight, this time as the lead of his own show. The Varnell Hill Show, a long-in-the-works spinoff of Martin Lawrence’s beloved ’90s sitcom Martin, premieres September 1 on Paramount+ with two episodes, followed by new installments weekly through October 13. Davidson stars as Varnell Hill, a late-night talk […]
For nearly a decade, Birgundi Baker gave audiences Kiesha Williams, a character who evolved from an outspoken teenager into one of the most emotionally layered figures in The Chi’s history. Now, with the series finale behind her, Baker is stepping into a new chapter, and she’s doing it on her own terms. In this conversation […]
It has been a big final season for television, between South Side sagas, teen treasure hunts, kitchen chaos, and a little Staten Island magic. Nine of the season’s biggest shows are all bidding farewell around the same time, and mostly on their own terms. A show like Survival of the Thickest could have gone a […]
There’s nothing quite like the first crisp night of the season, a blanket, and a lineup of shows worth staying in for. Fall is when TV comes roaring back to life, the big broadcast dramas return from their summer break, prestige streaming series drop their long-awaited new chapters, and a wave of brand-new shows arrive […]