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Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood Issues Urgent Open Letter; Support Black Film...
Writer-Producer-Director Gina Prince-Bythewood issues Open Letter about her film Beyond The Lights. ” We need positive images to counter the negative portrayals we see every day.” After the first...
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‘Get On Up,’ ‘Selma,’ ‘Dear White People’ Score NAACP Image Award Nominations...
NAACP Image Award Best Picture nominee “Dear White People” “Belle,” “Beyond the Lights,” “Dear White People,” “Get On Up” and “Selma” have grabbed top film nominations for the 46th annual NAACP Image...
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21st Annual African-American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film...
(Hollywood, CA) – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) hosts its 21st Annual African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase January 16-18, 2015 at Raleigh...
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"Selma" Earns Two Academy Award Nominations, Including Best Picture
The nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and among them were two for “Selma”, for Best Picture and its Original Song “Glory” by Common and John Legend. The only...
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Gina Prince-Bythewood and Sanaa Lathan Reunite for Racially-Charged Police...
Sanaa Lathan (PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX) Fox is developing a new event series revolving around a racially-motivated police shooting. The project hails from “Love & Basketball” writer/director Gina...
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‘Birth of a Nation’ Lands at Fox Searchlight in Record $17.5 Million Deal at...
Image from “Birth of a Nation” (COURTESY OF SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVA)L Fox Searchlight, the specialty films division of 21st Century Fox, is closing a $17.5 million deal to acquire worldwide rights to...
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How Four Black Women in Entertainment Created a Film Scholarship to Foster...
article by Paula Rogo via essence.com When Dehanza Rogers first heard of the Four Sisters Endowed Scholarship, she wondered at the meaning of the name. “I mean what sisters are we talking about?” she...
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Filmmaker Nate Parker to Launch New School Dedicated to Film and Drama at...
Nate Parker of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ (photo via Time.com) article by Tommy G. Meade Jr. via hbcubuzz.com Wiley College officially announced early Sunday that “Beyond the Lights” and “The Great...
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Gina Prince-Bythewood to Direct and Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star in Adaptation of...
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood and actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw (photo via deadline.com) article by Mike Fleming Jr. via deadline.com Gina Prince-Bythewood will direct and Gugu Mbatha-Raw will star in An...
View ArticleGina Prince-Bythewood to Direct and Viola Davis to Star and Produce “The...
According to Variety.com, Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Old Guard,” “Beyond The Lights,” “Love & Basketball”) is set to direct “The Woman King,” starring Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis at...
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