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BOOK REVIEW | MOVIES | BLACK HISTORY

Stagger Lee and the ‘Erasure’ of Middle-Class African Americans

What better time than Black History Month to talk about Jeffrey Wright’s hit movie…

CINEMA

Barbie Is For The Millennials And Oddly Colorblind

When Disney’s First ‘African’ Princess Looked Nothing Like Me

As a child, I loved Disney princesses. As an adult, my concern goes beyond the problematic stereotypes.

The New Anne Boleyn

When it comes to rethinking casting, ‘Bridgerton’ was only the beginning

‘Unapologetic’ Centers Black Women Activists in Chicago

The buzzworthy documentary provides insight…

“I’ve been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I’m doing.” — John Singleton

Watch ‘Paddington 2’ to Teach Your Kids About Prison Abolition. Seriously.

Whether intentional or not, the adorable movie is an introduction to a big social issue

Rachel True of ‘The Craft’ Talks Racism in Hollywood

File this under: nothing surprises me anymore

You know things are not inclusive when a movie stars four women and the Black one is the one who isn’t invited to the press tour. That’s…

“‘Black film,’ that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, ‘We’ve made our black film. We’ve made our film with people of color in it,’ as opposed to, ‘I just feel like people of color should be in…

John Boyega Will No Longer ‘Protest Quietly’

The actor and activist doesn’t mince words when it comes…