Producers halted production on an upcoming Netflix series after sources disclosed that The Proud Boys were planning a protest at the shoot location. TMZ reported that Colin Kaepernick’s project, Colin in Black & White, was forced to add heightened security because the bigoted organization prepared an anti-Black Lives Matter protest. The […]
Late actor Chadwick Boseman has earned two NAACP Image Awards nominations for his work in the Netflix films “Da 5 Bloods” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which received nine nominations overall. The nominees were announced Tuesday on the organization’s Instagram page. As reported by the New York Post, […]
(CNN)“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which represents the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman’s final cinematic performance, is a deft celebration of the blues that showcases the grandeur and travails of creating art as an expression of dignity in a world scarred by Jim Crow segregation. The film […]
Deadline announced today that Moonlight and All Day and a Night star Ashton Sanders has secured both TV and film rights to Peter Nelson’s nonfiction novel, A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter’s Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home. If you’re unfamiliar, the official book description reads as […]
Executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, the Netflix documentary film “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” shines a light on the work of trailblazing icon Debbie Allen and her reimagining of the classic ballet performed annually by the gifted students of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA). […]
Netflix has acquired the rights to “Concrete Cowboy,” a movie about Philadelphia’s Black cowboy subculture starring Idris Elba and “Stranger Things” star Caleb McLaughlin, who play father and son. The movie is inspired by the city’s historic Black horseback riding community, the urban riding club Fletcher […]