Directed and produced by award-winning documentarian Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, HBO’s “Atlanta Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children”), BLACK ART IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT is a vital and illuminating...
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Tracing the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, "The Black Church" PBS special (premiering on FEB 16-17) reveals how Black people have worshipped and, through...
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Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Regina King is among the stars slated to host Saturday Night Live during the month of February. King will make her SNL...
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Viewers who tuned in last night for the brand new episode of the live millennial/Gen Z, mixed gender talk show, THE MIX, where no topics are off limits, saw a ton of action...
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Best known for her award-winning TV and radio personality, as well as being a force behind the camera, charismatic and charming superstar Jazzie Belle is busier than...
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The second season of EPIX’s “Godfather of Harlem” starring Forest Whitaker is set to premiere in April 2021.
Watch teaser trailer here.
Season two...
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From Carmel, Indiana to London, England to Taipei, Taiwan, the Ingram family has had quite the adventurous last few years. The brainchild of Juanita Ingram (matriarch...
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Comedian Dave Chappelle had a strange request for his fans. Don't stream his show. "I'm begging you. If you ever liked me," he said in a video of a stand-up routine he shared...
Professional dancer Britt Stewart is the newly minted and first Black female Pro on this season of "Dancing with the Stars" competing with partner and Olympic Ice Skater Johnny Weir.
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On Tuesday, November 17th at 8:00 PM ET the PBS series Finding Your Roots With Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will premiere Episode 614: Flight. In this episode, Dr. Gates meets actors Scarlett...
BET has announced a new original documentary titled “Smoke: Marijuana + Black America,” set to premiere on Wednesday, November 18th at 10pm ET/PT.
Narrated and executive produced by...
ABC Owned Television Stations go beyond the statistics in a five-part docuseries, “Our America: Living While Black,” premiering MONDAY, OCT. 19 through FRIDAY, OCT. 23, airing a different series...
The documentary "Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America" airs tonight on WNET at 9 PM.
Based on historian Gretchen Sorin's recent book of the same name, "Driving While...
Tressa Smallwood's "All In," which tells the story of the struggles of a Black single mother, premieres on Bet Her on Saturday, July 18.
Today, Tressa Azarel Smallwood and Megamind Media...
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