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New York, NY, October 21, 2021—Actor FRANKIE FAISON (Coming to America; The Wire; Banshee), received a Gotham Awards nomination this morning for his work in the award-winning,...
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NINA MAE McKINNEY: HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST BLACK MOVIE STAR, a celebration of the little-known career of the actress/singer, will have select...
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Oakland, CA: Richard Audley Vaughan the award-winning independent filmmaker responsible for 2012’s “The Word Is Love: Jamaica’s Michael Manley" is back with “Four Years of...
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Filmaker Crystal R. Emery's documentary "The Deadliest Disease In America" is slated for its New York City premiere on Sept. 10th at New York's Cinema Village.
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On September 17th a new film, THE KILLING OF KENNETH CHAMBERLAIN, about the 2011 police killing of Black Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain (inside...
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Film at Lincoln Center announces Currents for the 59th New York Film Festival (September 24 – October 10, 2021).
“Currents is the section of the...
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The 2nd Annual Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) will be running until August 29 on CT-TV. www.caribbeantales-tv.com.
The digital streaming platform...
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(Toronto,ON) – Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (CTFF) released its lineup of films during the Thursday night media launch marking 16 years of amplifying and...
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Award-nominated actress Lunden De’Leon (We’re the Millers, Blackbear) is set to star in the Netflix film “Scam” filming this spring in North Carolina.
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Brave New Films' documentary "Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem" explores the use of misdemeanor "crimes" in criminalizing Black Americans.
13 million...
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On Wednesday, renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump joined criminal justice experts and formerly incarcerated individuals for a briefing and screening of a new...
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After being miscredited as “Thandie” in her first project—a mistake that has continued for the rest of her career—actress Thandiwe Newton is insisting people use...
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PLAY IT SAFE, Mitch Kalisa's (above right) short film exposing implicit racism in a London drama school, was named the Jury Award Winner in the Narrative Short...
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Nia Fairweather's FOUR SEASONS has just won a couple of awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
Diversity in Cannes, the global film movement created by Yolanda...
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"Dare To Love", a movie produced by talk show host Chundria Brownlow (above), premiered online on Saturday, February 13, 2021 - just in time for Valentine’s Day....
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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