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Caribbean Diaspora Film Festival is part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner. Steiner Studios is the presenting sponsor for BAMcinématek. Leadership support is provided by The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust.

With a universal popularity cutting across all demographics, the Cosby show’s popularity probably emanated from its groundbreaking presentation of Black people as normal, instead of the minstrel stereotypes previously paraded on our TV screens in embarrassing coon shows like the offensive Good Times which celebrated the plight of the poor.

A main ingredient in Cuba Gooding, Sr.’s cooking pot these days appears to be his appetite for family and good music.

The Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program was founded in an effort to educate African-American writers who are working toward careers in the entertainment industry about the significant role that African-American history and culture should play in the development of their craft.

How many people can say that they are a living legend and continue to add to their legacy with each passing year? Otis Williams, the founder and manager of the Temptations, can brag of such a feat.

I have the same feeling about that flag that Jewish people have about the swastika. It’s the same thing to me. The Confederacy lost the war. Give it up. I’m sorry, I’m not comfortable any place they’re flying the Confederate flag.

New Yorkers have an opportunity to hear up-and-coming soprano Sibongile Boyd when she takes the stage at Brooklyn Museum of Art next month.