Oscars: Nomination of Spike Lee for Best Director Category was Long Overdue
Spike Lee. Photo: Shelly Provost--Flickr This is how film director Spike Lee once put it: “People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being…
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Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe Music Legend, Hailed As “Freedom Fighter” By Uganda’s Bobi Wine
Mtukudzi Afro-Rocking the guitar. Photo: Wilfred Paulse--Flickr Oliver Mtukudzi who has died at the age of 66 has been hailed as an inspiring "freedom fighter" by Bobi Wine,…
Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe’s Musical Giant Dies at 66
Oliver Mtukudzi. Photo: Anna-Maija Sievi Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe's much-adored Afro-jazz musical legend has died at the age of 66. Details have not yet been reported. Mtukudzi affectionately referred…
TVOne Launches CLEO TV Tomorrow
Rahsan Lindsay Tomorrow, January 19th, TVOne will launch CLEO TV, a new aspirational lifestyle and entertainment cable network targeting Millennial and Gen X women of color, on Comcast…
Beale Street Captures Baldwin’s wisdom, social consciousness and expansive imagination
If Beale Street Could Talk Film Review January 2019 “Tish, “she said, “when we was first brought here, the white man he didn’t give us no preachers to…
A Picture Is Truly Worth a Thousand Words
Written by Rhonda L. Terry Submitted by: Deardra Shuler The name Roy Rudolph DeCarava should be a household name, not only for his important contribution to Black History…
“A Life Among Legends”
Dr Glory Van Scott has lived quite an eventful life as a performer, producer, singer, activist, educator and author of her powerful memoir “Glory: A Life Among Legends.”…
Kevin Hart Stayed on “The Upside” in his latest film
Having seen the French version of the “Intouchables” with French actor Francoise Cluzet and Omar Sy, my friend Flor and I ventured out to see a screening of…
Miami Garden’s 14th Annual Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival — March 9
Lionel Richie Presented by the City of Miami Gardens and dubbed “the fastest growing jazz and R&B festival in the U.S.”, the 14th Annual Jazz in the Gardens…
Billie Holiday Theatre’s Global Call for Submissions: Women’s Stories for “50in50: Letters to Our Daughters”
Dominique Morisseau. The Billie Holiday Theatre (BHT) has announced its global call for stories for the third annual presentation of its popular 50in50: Letters to Our Daughters in…