Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
I had the pleasure of speaking with director Kasi Lemmons leading up to her film, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Lemmons directed the Whitney Houston film which gives viewers the most beautiful, raw perspective of the voice and icon of many generations. This is not Lemmons’ first time directing a biopic nor is it of […]
After a competitive bidding war, Skydance Television has landed the rights to adapt P. Djéli Clark’s fantasy historical novella Ring Shout into a TV series starring Kiki Layne. Kasi Lemmons is attached to write and direct. READ: James Earl Jones to Reprise Role in Coming to America 2 — Kiki Layne, Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, […]
Kasi Lemmons will adapt and direct The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste’s historical fiction novel, into a feature film. Atlas Entertainment will produce it. The Shadow King is set during Mussolini’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia. It takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II. The book also casts a light on the […]