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10/26/2023

RIP Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree, the movie star who originated the role of detective John Shaft in the blaxploitation classic, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.

08/16/2023

RECOMMENDATION: SHEEN THE MUSICAL- August 27th, September 10th, 7:00pm at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, 167 Graham Ave, Brooklyn created and directed by Kaili Y. Turner.
https://www.brooklyncc.com/show-schedule/woofs/8-27

08/16/2023

RECOMMENDATION: SHEEN THE MUSICAL- August 27th, September 19th, 7:00pm at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, 167 Graham Ave, Brooklyn created and directed by Kaili Y. Turner.

Come see narrative comedic works like you know you want to. This week: A Baby With A Baby + Sheen: The Musical Tickets: $15

07/15/2023

Sam Pollard & Questlove's "The League" giving the Negro Leagues its due.

There’s no shortage of great movies about baseball, but there is a severe lack of films about the Negro leagues. The fifth inning of Ken Burns’ expansive “Baseball” covers them with admirable rever…

07/13/2023

Fade To Black.

Hollywood performers will join Writers Guild of America members who have been on strike for over two months.

07/10/2023

"The Blackening"... Creating a new lane in the genre.

“I was working in Chicago in improv and sketch comedy,” recalls comedian and screenwriter Dewayne Perkins. &

06/19/2023

Film Pioneer/ Director Jesse Maples passes.

amed director/cinematographer Jessie Maple has passed away.Maple made her transition on May 30, 2023, at her home in Atlanta, Georgia.

06/06/2023

Box Office: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Gets Doused in China, South Korea After Racist Backlash

Disney's live-action retelling of the iconic animated film, which is bombing in those countries, stars Halle Bailey in the titular role.

05/03/2023

TV and Film Writers Go On Stirke For The First Time in 15 YEARS-https://shadowandact.com/tv-and-film-writers-go-on-strike-for-first-time-in-15-years-after-negotiations-with-hollywood-studios-fail

04/25/2023

Peace to Harry Belafonte & Family

The “King of Calypso” never stopped speaking out for progressive causes.

04/13/2023

Morgan Freeman Bass Reeves TV series in the works at Amazon.

EXCLUSIVE: Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment has set up a Bass Reeves series titled Twin Territories at Amazon, after three decades spent chasing the elusive lawman…

04/11/2023

Congratulations to A.V. Rockwell! Alumnus of the Foundation's New Voices in Black Cinema Festival

A Thousand and One — the 2023 Sundance Film Festival drama about a woman who steals her young son from foster care and tries to build a new, secret life for them — arrived in theaters over the weekend.