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Stealth (2021)
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Here's What I Found On "Lee Daniels"
JANET (2022)
Biography, History, Music
Demon House (2023)
Horror, Thriller
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Biography, Drama, Music
Barry Jenkins named Film Keynote Speaker for 2018 SXSW
from Shadow & Act After debuting his first feature at SXSW years back, Barry Jenkins will be the keynote speaker at the film portion of the 2018 festival. “We are overjoyed to invite Barry Jenkins back to SXSW as a Film Keynote having presented the world premiere...
60+ Black Biopics Still In Limbo
from Shadow and Act | Tambay Obenson Updating this list as I do once a year (I forgot to do it last year; so there was a lot to research and catch up on) to keep you all up-to-date on where each project stands going into the new year, including 18 new additions… There...
Ryan Coogler Reportedly Turns Down Academy Invitation
Shadow & Act | Sergio Mims Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who is the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known as “The Oscar people”, has made it her mission to diversify the Academy so that it reflects the real world as it is today. And she...
Two Down…
by Ross A. Lincoln | Deadline Hollywood DreamWorks is now searching for a new person to helm its upcoming sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life, as Selma director Ava DuVernay has opted to move on due to scheduling conflicts, Deadline has confirmed. She originally became...
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
Biography, Music
Richard Pryor Pic Set
by Mike Fleming Jr. | Deadline Hollywood The Weinstein Company is ready to greenlight its Richard Pryor biopic, and my, have Harvey Weinstein and Lee Daniels put together a terrific cast. The new additions: Oprah Winfrey will play Pryor’s grandmother, who ran a...
Tyler Perry & Ava DuVernay Talk at Produced By
Dominic Patten | Deadline Hollywood “I’m not the person to ask about racism in this town, coming from where I came from I never had to go through what I’ve heard a lot of people had to go through in this town,” said Tyler Perry today at the Produced By conference. “I...
Why Lee Daniels Hates White People Writing For Black People
By Brennan Williams | Huffington Post Earlier this year, director Lee Daniels managed to break records with the success of his show “Empire.” In addition to netting a cult-like following and record breaking ratings on Fox, the drama also changed the representation of...