by Blavity | Shadow and Act I used to hate horror films. Maybe because I get a little nauseous around blood or maybe because I don’t like raising my already high blood pressure, but it wasn’t until recently that I understood why I was so terrified. I hated them...
by Daniel Holloway | Variety This story first appeared in the July 19, 2017 issue of Variety. When “Luke Cage” exec producer Cheo Hodari Coker declared at his show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel last year, “The world is ready for a bulletproof black man,” the crowd...
from Shadow and Act Event: 2017 Capital City Black Film Festival Date: August 17-20, 2017 Location: Austin, TX The Capital City Black Film Festival (CCBFF) - celebrating its 5th anniversary showing the best in indie black cinema - today announced that Academy Award,...
Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory") and Anthony Anderson ("Black-ish") discuss their broadcast comedies and how their shows have paved the way for other series.
Brit Marling ("The OA") and Issa Rae ("Insecure") discuss auditioning, being typecast, and choosing their own paths, during Variety's "Actors on Actors series.
Friends Thandie Newton ("Westworld") and Oprah Winfrey ("The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks") discuss their HBO series and reminisce about shooting "Beloved" together.
Sterling K. Brown ("This Is Us," "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story") brought Pamela Adlon ("Better Things") to tears during their "Actors on Actors" conversation, in which they also discussed their best and worst auditions.
https://youtu.be/7nK2BCMbczY Cooley High and Good Times Creator Eric Monte interviewed by Philadelphia Inquirer's Annette John-Hall at the 2006 Black Film and Media Conference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpST8KE3vSI from Shadow and Act In the video below, actor Michael Kenneth Williams headlines the new “Question Your Answers” brand campaign from The Atlantic, in which he plays different versions of himself, interrogating himself about...
Shadow and Act | Sergio Mims Watch the 1984 Kathleen Collins interview from Milestone Film & Video below: There’s no need to tell you that there have always been independent black filmmakers, long before Spike Lee burst upon the scene in the mid-1980’s; too many...
from ScreenRant | by Emily Donn If there is one thing Guardians of the Galaxy did not lack for, it was lovable and funny characters. From the opening moments, where Star-Lord danced to Redbones’ Come and Get Your Love it was clear that this movie would not have...
from Shadow and Act | Tambay Obenson Watch the 40-minute interview with Jason Blum, which actually happened just before “Get Out” opened in USA theaters I watched the below awesome interview with Jason Blum (head of Blumhouse Productions, the company behind the...