It is hard to fathom anymore that, just a decade ago, Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o was ostracized and humiliated and demeaned becuase of her...
Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o publicly revealed how ashamed she was made to feel about her cocoa-coated skin coming up in native Kenya. It...
One of 2013’s most anticipated films, “12 Years A Slave,” possesses a buzz that is undeniable. While moviegoers and critics alike await the Oct. 18 commercial release of the historical drama, there has been a growing interest in the movie’s central character, Solomon Northup. Actor Chiwetel ...
As the New York Film Festival (https://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2013) kicked off its 51st year, African heritage films were few and far between, but exceptional. 12...
In the age of “There’s no dense opinion not worth sharing,” I came across one of the most frustratingly stupid articles of all the time. The Guardian’s Orville Lloyd Douglas has officially upped the ante in his misguided and dumb essay over his exhaustion with slave narratives on the big screen along with a call for Black people – presumably Bl ...
For decades Black films, actors and directors have made the pilgrimage to the Toronto International Film Festival and they've become and integral part...
(AP) — In Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” Solomon Northop, a free man from upstate New York who’s kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is hung for daring to strike an abusive and imbecilic plantation hand (Paul Dano). He’s cut down, but only just barely enough to reach the ground. McQueen captures it ...
