https://youtu.be/YzPq8uVgLe8 Director: Michael Showalter Writer(s): Aaron Abrams, Brendan Gall, Martin Gero Starring: Kyle Bornheimer, Kumail Nanjiani, Anna Camp, Issa Rae, Paul Sparks, Joe Chrest, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Narendra Singh Dhami, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Blaine...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmicB3J1emw Director: Stella Meghie Writer(s): Stella Meghie Starring: LaKeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chelsea Peretti, Teyonah Parris, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Rob Morgan, Courtney B. Vance, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Kenneth Kynt...
By Marc Malkin | Variety Issa Rae says she had every reason to think she could be a filmmaker when she was growing up. “The ’90s had lots of black television and film … a lot of the shows were helmed by black people,” she recalls. “That’s what inspired me to at least...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Brian Michael Jones Synopsis: The story centers on a dysfunctional African-American family going on a road trip to play for a game show in order to win enough money to keep their struggling restaurant afloat. Release...
https://youtu.be/kNw8V_Fkw28 Director: Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr., Bruce W. Smith Writer(s): Matthew A. Cherry Starring: Issa Rae Synopsis: Hair Love is an animated short film about an African American father trying to do his daughters hair for the first...
https://youtu.be/Qz65no3WnJk Director: Tina Gordon Chism Writer(s): Tina Gordon Chism (screenplay), Tracy Oliver (first draft), Marsai Martin (idea), Camilla Blackett Starring: Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Justin Hartley, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tone Bell, Mikey...
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 13, 2019) –The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards were exclusively announced today at the Television Critics Association’s (TCA) TV One’s joint press conference with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP and Alfred Liggins,...
by Ava DuVernay | Time Magazine In Black Panther, Queen Ramonda looks upon her son T’Challa and delivers a proclamation: “It is your time.” Millions upon millions of moviegoers around the world have proclaimed the same to the film’s mastermind, Ryan Coogler. We gaze...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MM8OkVT0hw Director: George Tillman Jr. Writer(s): Angie Thomas (novel), Audrey Wells (screenplay), Tina Mabry (screenplay) Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, Common, Algee...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M37FhweQ4g8 Issa Rae from HBO's 'Insecure' and Michael B. Jordan from 'Fahrenheit 451' talk 'Black Panther,' finding new audiences and holding back from social media.
https://youtu.be/FCSh48OlvMo Director: Alan Yang Writer(s): N/A Starring: Lil' Rel Howery, Lakeith Stanfield, Jerrod Carmichael, Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Tessa Thompson, Hannibal Buress Synopsis: For Jay-Z’s latest, Master of None co-creator Alan Yang recreated an...
Brit Marling ("The OA") and Issa Rae ("Insecure") discuss auditioning, being typecast, and choosing their own paths, during Variety's "Actors on Actors series.