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NAACP Image Awards: “Insecure,” “Black and Missing,” and More
Issa Rae just landed another NAACP Image Award. The budding media mogul received the honor for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for “Insecure’s” series finale,...
Pick of the Day: “Black and Missing”
Even if you don’t know the ins and outs of her story, you’ve probably, at one point or another, heard of Natalee Holloway. Have you heard of Tamika Huston, who went missing around the...
Trailer Watch: Activists Derrica and Natalie Wilson Are Dedicated to Finding “Black and Missing” Persons
“There are so many missing people of color in the U.S.,” we’re told in the trailer for the HBO docuseries “Black and Missing.” “African Americans remain missing...
First Feature Doc About Rosa Parks in the Works from Directors Yoruba Richen & Johanna Hamilton
After several years of biopic talks, Rosa Parks is finally getting her own film. Yoruba Richen (“The Green Book: Guide to Freedom”) and Johanna Hamilton (“1971”) are directing...
Pick of the Day: “How It Feels To Be Free”
Black women have been the backbone of social justice movements throughout history. PBS’ new “American Masters” entry, “How It Feels To Be Free” tells the story of six of...
Alicia Keys & Yoruba Richen Teaming Up for PBS Doc About Trailblazing Black Female Entertainers
Alicia Keys and Yoruba Richen are joining forces on “How It Feels To Be Free,” an “American Masters” documentary spotlighting six pioneering Black female entertainers. Richen...
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...
Chicken & Egg Pictures Announces Recipients of Its Inaugural Breakthrough Filmmaker Award
Documentary filmmakers Kristi Jacobson, Julia Reichert, Yoruba Richen, Elaine McMillion and Michèle Stephenson have been named the five recipients of Chicken & Egg Pictures’...
Trailer Watch: The New Black – Directed by Yoruba Richen
In honor of a historic day in American history, we bring you the new trailer for Yoruba Richen’s documentary The New Black which just won the AFI Docs Film Festival Audience Award and...