#Black Lives Matter
Trailer Watch: June Beallor’s “2020 Chaos and Hope” Reflects on a Year of Unprecedented Crisis
A global pandemic, a sinking economy, attempts to overturn the U.S. presidential election, racially-motivated police brutality culminating in the Black Lives Matter movement: 2020 was indeed a...
Pick of the Day: “144”
An all-access look into a WNBA season like no other, “144” takes viewers inside the bubble of the 2020 season, which saw the league creating a single site at the IMG Academy in Bradenton,...
Athena Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup, Tracey Deer’s “Beans” to Open the Fest
Tracey Deer’s “Beans” will open the 11th annual edition of the Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College. The coming-of-age drama about a 12-year-old Mohawk girl set against the...
Trailer Watch: Deirdre Fishel’s New Doc Follows Four “Women in Blue”
The Minneapolis police department has repeatedly made national headlines since spring 2020, when George Floyd was murdered at the hands of law enforcement. Deirdre Fishel’s new documentary,...
Mind the Gap 2020: Discussions on Intersectionality, Viola Davis, Regina King, & More to Participate
Mind the Gap, Mill Valley Film Festival’s platform for inclusion and equity, will welcome Regina King, Kate Winslet, Viola Davis, Judi Dench, and more to its 2020 edition. Kicking off today,...
Trailer Watch: From #MeToo to BLM, Women Are “Not Done” Fighting for Change in MAKERS’ New Doc
“There are some people who think that we are post-civil rights, we are post-feminism, and therefore we’re post-intersectional,” an interviewee says in a new documentary about the...
Black Actors Make History at the 2020 Emmy Awards
Black Lives Matter — that was among the main takeaways from last night’s Emmy Awards. From the winners’ speeches to the winners themselves, Black voices were recognized, amplified,...
Michael B. Jordan and Color Of Change Introduce #ChangeHollywood Inclusion Initiative
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the widespread Black Lives Matter protests, it’s become clear that institutions — not least of all Hollywood — must reckon with their...
Quote of the Day: Viola Davis’ “Entire Life Has Been a Protest”
When a tide of Black Lives Matter protests broke out after George Floyd’s murder, Viola Davis wanted to join them. But, due to COVID-19 concerns, she decided not to attend the events. Instead,...
Yoruba Richen Directing Breonna Taylor Doc for FX/Hulu’s Upcoming New York Times Series
Yoruba Richen will #SayHerName in an upcoming New York Times docuseries. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the “New Black” director is helming a doc about Breonna Taylor, the young Black...
Oprah Winfrey to Host Televised Town Hall Addressing America’s Systemic Racism
As demonstrations against racism and anti-Black police brutality continue in the U.S. and around the world, Oprah Winfrey is using her platform to inspire frank conversation, and hopefully inspire...
Trailer Watch: An Artist Mourns Eric Garner in “A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone”
“I was never really encouraged to be an artist or anything. I don’t think anybody took me seriously,” says Edythe Boone in a trailer for “A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe...
A Message to the Women and Hollywood Community
This was a hard weekend and week for all of us, especially people living here in the United States. The disease of white supremacy and the abuse of the police against black people has been on stark...
SXSW 2019 Women Directors: Meet Linda Goldstein Knowlton – “We Are The Radical Monarchs”
Linda Goldstein Knowlton is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker working in documentary and scripted feature films as well as television. She executive produced “Dream, Girl” and “Whale Rider.”...
Actress Mandi Masden on the Timeliness of Her Latest Play “The Light”
In Loy A. Webb’s debut play, “The Light,” Mandi Masden plays half of a couple on the eve of their engagement. As the night unfolds, the conversation becomes explosive, revealing that sexual...
Trailer Watch: A Friend’s Murder Spurs Amandla Stenberg to Activism in “The Hate U Give”
Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) loves her family and her neighborhood, Garden Heights. She goes to predominantly white high school, but is fine with being the non-“ghetto” “Starr,...