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10 Best Movie Roles Played by Rappers
By Brian Josephs | The Boom Box Rapping isn’t raking in as much money as it used to for artists. And even if you’re one of the fortunate ones, you can’t keep spitting rhymes forever. This is why you’ll find many of your favorite MCs stepping into other roles. As you’d...
The LA rebellion: when black film-makers took on the world – and won
By Ashley Clark | The Guardian ‘It wasn’t trendy,” says Julie Dash down the line from South Carolina. “We were the broke nerds wearing $2 jelly shoes because we put all our money into film-making.” She chuckles, warm and husky. In the late 60s and early 70s, Dash was...
Studios Aren’t Lining Up for Black Protagonist…
Ramin Setoodeh | Film Editor, New York | @RaminSetoodeh Ava DuVernay had an epiphany while attending this year’s Oscars ceremony, where “Selma” received two nominations including best picture, but was snubbed in categories like acting and directing. “It was a room in...
Fuqua, Washington and Hawke Reunite for Magnificent Seven
Variety | Justin Kroll Film Reporter @krolljvar Sony Pictures has come on to co-finance “The Magnificent Seven” with MGM, sources tell Variety. Sony and MGM are splitting the cost evenly between the two with Sony distributing the pic. MGM will oversee production. The...
Hail to the King
by Nev Pierce | Empire David Oyelowo’s faith pays off WRAPPED IN JULY AND NOW IN THE OSCAR RACE, Martin Luther King pic Selma has been a sprint and a marathon for David Oyelowo. Now, he’s a rising star who’s worked with Cruise, Spielberg and Nolan, but when he read...
Viola Davis Only Has One Picture of Herself
by Natalie Abrams | Entertainment Weekly ...from her childhood. In it she’s a kindergartner wearing a red, blue, and white jumper, with a ponytail sticking out from her head. “That’s the little girl I remember,” recalls Davis, 49, who grew up in the tiny,...
A Brief History of African Film
During the Golden Age of Hollywood when some of the greatest masterpieces in motion picture history were being produced, African filmmakers were not allowed to make films. The period which lasted from the end of the silent era in the late 1920's to the late 1950's did...
The History And Success Of Black Women Filmmakers Of Africa And The African Diaspora
It is indeed a wonderful revelation in the history of world cinema that immensely talented women filmmakers of Africa and the African Diaspora are making it really big in innovative filmmaking. Not only are they challenging old cinematic prescriptions, they are also...
It’s Time For a Black James Bond
After watching QUANTUM OF SOLACE, I came to the realization that no matter who's writing or directing a James Bond movie, the natural tendency is to revert back to the more traditional Bonds. The over the top villains, the womanizing, the exaggerated stunts; they're...
Actors on Actors: Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Oscar Isaac
Variety and PBS SoCaL take you inside the biggest Hollywood films of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. This episode features Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Oscar Isaac.
Conversations: David Oyelowo
Q&A with David Oyelowo of SELMA. Moderated by Pete Hammond, Deadline. SYNOPSIS: Selma is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights...