L Llewellyn James | Black Filmmakers Group Let's face something about Marvel Studios being completely adrift and dumbfounded about making a new "Blade" film: the original with Wesley Snipes was a watershed moment, not just because the film saved Marvel from...
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Writer(s): Frank John Hughes, Cary Joji Fukunaga Starring: Mahershala Ali, Tom Hardy Synopsis: 77 Blackout is a crime thriller set on the night when the city that never sleeps lost power and plunged into chaos and lawlessness. Release...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMVBi_e8o-Y Director: Sam Esmail Writer(s): Rumaan Alam (novel); Sam Esmail Starring: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Kevin Bacon, Alexis Rae Forlenza, Vanessa Aspillaga, Josh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tcjsxqn3ms Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Writer(s): Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman; Stan Lee (characters) Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Oscar Isaac,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lwl2FCNa3I Director: Yann Demange Writer(s): Gene Colan and Marv Wolfman (characters); Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Michael Starrbury Starring: Mahershala Ali, Delroy Lindo, Aaron Pierre Synopsis: Blade follows a half-vampire, half-mortal man...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Albert Woodfox (novel) Starring: Mahershala Ali Synopsis: Solitary is based on a memoir that Albert Woodfox wrote about the 43 years he spent in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s Angola Prison. That is the longest stretch in the U.S. for...
Director: Marc Munden Writer(s): Scott Beck, Jack Thorne, Geoffrey Tock, Gregory, Bryan Woods Starring: Mahershala Ali Synopsis: A man seeks revenge against a space ship that killed his wife. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller | MPAA...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxftqrrlSqc Director: Benjamin Cleary Writer(s): Benjamin Cleary Starring: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina, Glenn Close, Nyasha Hatendi, Adam Beach, Lee Shorten, Dax Rey, Aiden Adejuwon, Ace LeVere, Shema Cayden, JayR Tinaco,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZbKLlVrrjQ Director: Kamilah Forbes Writer(s): Ta-Nehisi Coates (novel) Starring: Susan Kelechi Watson, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, Phylicia Rashad, Wendell Pierce, Yara Shahidi, Joe Morton, Jharrel Jerome, Mj...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): A.J. Wolfe (novel), Fredrick Kotto (screenplay) Starring: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis Synopsis: An undercover detective in Northern California tries to take down a dangerous drug cartel while keeping his undercover life secret from his...
by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter | Time Magazine Loving Michelle Obama wasn’t much of a choice. It was something that came naturally, because of how she carried herself. Because she resembled us and was moving in spaces where, as black Americans, we weren’t exactly meant to...
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,...