In 2010, I wrote an article for The Root entitled “Celebrating Over 100 Years of Black Cinema” as the black cinema movement turned 100-years-old. I thought it a fitting tribute to black trailblazers whose work, stories...
The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has named F. Gary Gray’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’ top film of 2015. The smash hit chronicled the rise of iconic hip-hop supergroup N.W.A. The Universal Pictu...
Writing for the Associated Press, Lindsey Bahr is reporting the top grossing films of the last month have all had primarily African-American casts and doubled their modest budgets opening weekend, underscoring the reality that mov...
Blackfilm.com’s founder and editor-in-chief Wilson Morales has rolled out the “ultimate” fall 2013 preview of black films. Morales, who is currently covering the 2013 Toronto film festival, discusses the “a...
The 17th Annual Black American Film Festival (June 19-23) held court in Miami with star-studded appearances, movie premieres and parties with a who’s who of Black Hollywood icons, newcomers and festival patrons from all over...
If you haven’t gotten the memo yet, please stop sending Shadow and Act‘s founder and editor-in-chief Tambay A. Obenson articles about black cinema written by mainstream media. As Tambay has said before, he lives and br...
If you haven’t gotten the memo yet, please stop sending Shadow and Act‘s founder and editor-in-chief Tambay A. Obenson articles about black cinema written by mainstream media. As Tambay has said before, he lives and br...
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire’s editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton highlights black filmmakers that changed the game for blacks in the Hollywood film industry. Filmmakers include William Foster, Eloyce Gist, Euzhan Pal...
