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Ava DuVernay, Taraji P Henson, Cynthia Erivo And More: 9 Movies & Shows Featuring Black Women You Need to Stream This Black History Month
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(Entertainment)
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This Black History Month, let’s appreciate Black women’s history. This Black History Month, we should be educating ourselves— not only in reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, teaching ...
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Created on 16 February 2022
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9 Hot Pieces of Feminist Media, Including Podcasts, Documentaries, and New Releases From Björk and Laurie Anderson
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(Arts)
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... and contemporary design pieces—to create a room inspired by Afrofuturism and the Black imagination. Plan your visit at metmuseum.org.
Courtesy of Meredith Traux
5. Melanie Charles’ Album Y’all Don’t ...
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Created on 15 February 2022
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New Documentary by Beth B on Lydia Lunch, The War Is Never Over
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(Movies)
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... 2 Downing Film Center, Newburgh, NY — July 2 VIFF, Vancouver — July 16 - August 31
Live Appearances TV Eye, New York, NY (with Retrovirus) — July 2 Moroccan Room, Los Angeles, CA (with Sylvia Black ...
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Created on 01 July 2021
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Paperboy Prince is Changing the Face of New York Politics
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(Feminism)
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... and really appreciating the best in everyone.”
Growing up in Washington, D.C., their pastor parents took them to protests, they watched the work of Black filmmakers from the civil-rights era, and ...
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Created on 28 May 2021
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Ava DuVernay And Shonda Rhimes Among The First To Support NBC's Cancellation Of The Golden Globe Award
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(Entertainment)
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... oppose the HFPA’s blatant disregard for diversity and inclusion. Color of Change President Rashad Robinson called out the small organization for having no Black members and for snubbing Black women screenwriters ...
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Created on 11 May 2021
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Assuage Any Leftover Mother's Day Feels With Shantrelle P. Lewis' New Documentary "In Our Mother's Garde
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(Movies)
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... Gardens. Distributed by Ava DuVernay’s Array and now available to stream on Netflix, this film is a deep exploration of the matriarchal lineages of black and brown families. It’s a multigenerational interrogation ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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Janet Mock Gave Hollywood The Long Overdue Read It Deserves At The "Pose" Season Three Premier
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(TV)
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... ballroom scene, the hour-long drama follows a host of black and brown LGBTQIA+ characters as they foster a vibrant community in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Pose has especially done the ...
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Created on 07 May 2021
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Whoopi Goldberg Is Writing A New Movie About An Older Black Female Superhero
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(Entertainment)
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Thirty years after winning an Oscar for her work in Ghost, EGOT recipient Whoopi Goldberg will be dipping her toes in screenwriting for a movie about a superhero who is an older Black woman.
“Since ...
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Created on 06 May 2021
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In "Together Together," Ed Helms and Patti Harrison Form A Fragile Attachment During A Surrogate Pregnanc
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(Movies)
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... Spirit Awards
Reclaiming The Lens: Here Are Ten Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave In Black Cinema
In The "My Salinger Year" Movie, Margaret Qualley's Joanna Rakoff Is A Secondary Character In ...
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Created on 27 April 2021
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Does Netflix's Upcoming Season Of "Master Of None" Hide Behind Queer Black Women To Sell Audiences A Dying Sho
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(TV)
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... annual holiday season in a Black household, while also coming more and more into a queer identity.
Co-written by Waithe and Ansari, the episode remains a groundbreaking moment in Waithe’s career, ...
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Created on 27 April 2021
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From “Promising Young Woman” to “Nomadland”: How Your Favorite Movies of the Year Stacked Up at the Independent Spirit Awards
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(Movies)
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... managed to secure the win for Best First Screenplay for Andy Siara.
Other fan favorites like Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and The Assistant, were nominated but were unable ...
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Created on 23 April 2021
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Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
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(Movies)
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Though the '90s is often referred to as the Golden Age of Black cinema, men were overwhelmingly at the helm of many of the groundbreaking films that came to fruition throughout the decade. Even cult-classics ...
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Created on 22 April 2021
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The Historic 2021 Oscars Nominations Could Mean Big Business For Future Women in Film
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(Movies)
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... society.
While Regina King was snubbed by the Academy for her direction of One Night in Miami... this year, let’s hope that the male-dominated and male-named Oscars grow to include Black women directors ...
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Created on 15 March 2021
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Netflix’s “Rebecca” Tries To Fix The Sexism Of Hitchcock’s—But Sometimes Falls Flat
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(Movies)
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... to be the glaring mentions and moments of Black and brownface.) Unsurprisingly, through most of the novel, the male lead, Maxim, remained as unlikable to me as he was in the Hitchcock movie. He warms somewhat ...
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Created on 05 November 2020
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Regina King's Directorial Debut Makes History ...
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(Movies)
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... and Sam Cooke as they celebrate Clay's win over Sonny Liston in February 1964. “One Night in Miami” made history not only as King’s directorial debut, but also as the first premiere directed by a Black ...
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Created on 09 September 2020
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Olivia Wilde To Direct Women-Centered Marvel Movie
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(Movies)
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... director. Director S.J. Clarkson was recently invited on a movie about Madame Webb. Sony is also planning on developing Black Cat and Silver Sable movies.
In the film industry, more and more women filmmakers ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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Meet The Marvel Cinematic Universe's First Black Woman Director, Nia DaCosta ...
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(Movies)
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... Black woman to direct a movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If DaCosta's name already sounds familiar, it might be because she directed 2018's highly acclaimed Little Woods and the upcoming Jordan ...
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Created on 06 August 2020
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The Best Films From The Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Festival — And Where to Watch Them
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(Movies)
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... through her novels. What struck me most about this documentary was the conversation around Morrison’s critics, among them Sara Blackburn of The New York Times, who condemned Sula, writing that "Toni Morrison ...
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Created on 12 December 2019
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Annabelle Attanasio's Directorial Debut "Mickey and the Bear" Proves She's One To Wa
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(Movies)
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Earlier this year, Mickey and the Bear, a film written and directed by actress Annabelle Attanasio, received a standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival. Since it premiered at SXSW, the film and Attanasio ...
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Created on 19 November 2019
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The Academy Snubs Yet Another Black Female Filmmaker
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(Movies)
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... in the film industry. How ironic. Had it qualified for the nomination, Nnaji’s directorial debut would have been the first foreign film by a Black female director ever to be nominated for the category ...
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Created on 06 November 2019