This looks like a good one! ~ V Synopsis: Inspired by true events, a lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth, exposing a complex web of race, power, and injustice. Stars: Jamie Foxx (Willie Gary), Tommy Lee Jones (Jeremiah O’Keefe), Jurnee Smollett (Mame Downes), and Alan Ruck (Mike Allred). THE BURIAL Official Trailer ~ Video via Movie Trailers … Continue reading THE BURIAL Official Trailer
I definitely want to see this one! ~ V A day before its much-anticipated premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Ava DuVernay’s Origin has sold to Neon for worldwide distribution. DuVernay wrote, produced and directed Origin and is breaking ground in Venice as the first Black U.S. female director in the festival’s 80-year history to have a feature in competition. (Watch the trailer, below.) Neon described the sales process … Continue reading Neon Acquires Worldwide Rights to Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ at Venice Film Festival
I’m watching e’rything with Courtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis in it! I almost didn’t recognize Tosin Cole with all that hair. ~ V Tosin Cole is appearing in his first TV role since leaving Doctor Who in new US drama 61st Street. The series starts airing on AMC in the UK tonight (29th March) and sees Cole star as Moses Johnson, a promising high-school track … Continue reading Courtney B Vance on working with Doctor Who’s Tosin Cole for 61st Street
It’s Unlike Any Other Event, a Bunch of Black Women Recharging Each Other. The annual brunch, now in its 15th year, honored Aunjanue Ellis, Quinta Brunson, Chanté Adams, and Nia Long on Thursday. Essence Magazine‘s Black Women in Hollywood event, now in its 15th year, is known for eliciting plenty of emotion from its honorees, and Thursday’s event — heralding Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis, Quinta … Continue reading Essence Black Women in Hollywood Event Honors Trailblazers and Rising Stars
This looks fantastic! ~ V Synopsis: King Richard is a biographical drama film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Zach Baylin. The film follows Richard Williams, the father and coach of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. It stars Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal, and Dylan McDermott. In theaters and on HBOMax November 19th. KING RICHARD … Continue reading KING RICHARD Trailer (2021)
The actress said the award nod would’ve given The Clark sisters the “shine” they deserve. When The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel aired on Lifetime back in April, Black Twitter had predicted another Emmy nomination for Aunjanue Ellis. She transformed into the stern matriarch and uncompromising choral director Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. And she helped the movie network earn its highest-rated original movie in four … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Aunjanue Ellis Breaks Her Silence On Emmy Snub
Congrats to her and the crew! This is fabulous. ~ Vida “When They See Us,” Ava DuVernay’s dramatization of the wrongful arrest and conviction of five black teenagers in New York City after the rape of a Central Park jogger 20 years ago, has been the most-viewed series on Netflix for the past 13 days. “‘When They See Us’ has been the most-watched series on … Continue reading Netflix Says ‘When They See Us’ Has Been Most-Watched Show in U.S. Since Premiere
The new title — ‘When They See Us’ — embraces “the humanity of the men and not their politicized moniker,” explains DuVernay. “Our series gives the five men a platform to finally raise their voices and tell their full stories.” Ava DuVernay and Netflix have renamed their limited series centered on the Central Park Five case to When They See Us. The new title “embraces … Continue reading Ava DuVernay’s “Central Park Five” Netflix Limited Series Gets New Title, Premiere Date
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