Michael Mann | Variety One of Muhammad Ali’s biggest struggles culminated in 1974’s Rumble in the Jungle, where it seemed that the spirit of the progressive forces in the world was about to battle the spirit of the repressive status quo. Early on, Cassius Clay related...
Shadow & Act | Robyn Batts After all, can one show a Black woman, our thickness in thighs, our bushy hair, our dulcet tones and not have it explode the encased construct of White female sexuality? Starz’s “The Girlfriend Experience” is directed by a woman and a...
“Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross recently sat down with “The People v. O.J. Simpson” actor Courtney B. Vance for Variety and PBS’ “Actors on Actors” where they discussed race and the intensity of working in television. Watch the full interview.
...Sundance/Kickstarter Panel on Strategies for Reaching & Engaging Black Audiences from Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson Taped earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Kickstarter hosted a panel that included speakers I’m sure many of you are familiar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2UxWltbejM 'Every Industry Is So White,' Not Just Hollywood Lamarco McClendon | Variety.com Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari sat down for the fourth season of Variety’s and PBS’ Actors on Actors series and the two actors struggled to...
Shadow & Act | Sergio Mims Perhaps… just perhaps. No need to tell you that the distribution game has radically changed in just a few short years. I recall it wasn’t that long ago when you would ask an independent filmmaker what their plans were for their film, and...
Career Conversations with Danielle Brooks currently starring in The Color Purple. Moderated by BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!" Danielle Brooks can currently be seen onstage in the moving revival of The Color Purple, starring...
by Anita Busch and Amanda N'Duka | Deadline Hollywood David Oyelowo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nonso Anozie, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. These are but a few of the actors of Nigerian descent who are working steadily in Hollywood — actors who have, for the most...
Actor Stephan James tells you everything you need to know about the incredible true story of American track star Jesse Owens.
Career Conversations with Uzo Aduba. Moderated by Stuart Webber, President, The Oxford Union. Uzoamaka "Uzo" Aduba is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black...
https://youtu.be/e7t4pTNZshA By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act In 1925, Hattie McDaniel, became one of the first African American women on the radio. In 1934, she landed her screen acting break in "Judge Priest." In 1940, she became the first African American to...
Dave McNary | Variety Hollywood’s failure to present more diverse casts in movies and television is potentially costing the industry billions of dollars, according to a new report issued by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA. The report,...