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[…] was considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema. He was seen an influential link to a younger generation of African-American filmmakers that includes Spike Lee and John Singleton. The Chicago native also was a theater impresario, songwriter, musician and painter. In 2005, Van Peebles was the subject of the documentary “How […]

[…] Kravitz (Mad Max) Macy Gray (Brotherly Love) Best Director (Big Budget Film) Ryan Coogler (Creed) Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw) Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) Spike Lee (Chi-Raq) Best Director (Independent Film) Jamal Hill (Brotherly Love) Julius Onah (The Girl Is Trouble) Jean-Claude La Marre (Chocolate City) Dean Taylor (Supremacy) Charles Stone III […]

[…] from Hype Williams, an amazing hip-hop video director in the 90s. I had never seen black people captured in the way that he was able to do. Spike Lee, obviously, for creating films that delve into the political climate of the time and capture them in a wonderful aesthetic. And also, the queen of black […]

[…] Tarantino’s use of the N-word, Jackson had a blunt response. “It’s bullsh*t. What word do they want him to use?” said Jackson, who pointed out that while Spike Lee and other directors have used the N-word many times in their films, why shouldn’t Tarantino, who he said embodies a “black consciousness” despite not being black. […]

[…] Q&A below about what Allen and the writers cooked up this season and check out our exclusive from Tuesday night’s episode. OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:  Spike Lee to EP Civil Rights Drama ‘Son of the South’ Based on Bob Zellner’s Autobiography BURBANK, CA – APRIL 29: Actors Allen Maldonado and Tracy Morgan attends […]

[…] creative and Black leads is another plus for this movie. For those who keep an eye on Black creators in Hollywood, this movie would remind you of Spike Lee films like “Bamboozled” and “Girl 6”. This movie is also unexpectedly absurd with some trippy, imaginative visuals. It serves a twist that comes out of left […]

[…] the trap hip-hop sub-genre “Drill,” prevalent in Chicago rap and popularized by Chief Keef, Lil Reese and others. Earlier this month he released a song called “F— Spike Lee” on the same day the director’s Chi-Raq film premiered in theaters. Watch below: Rapper King Louie attends The 5 Meet And Greet at The High Life […]

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[…] 38. Russell Hornsby (Seven Seconds) 39. Sacha Jenkins (Rapture) 40. Samantha Logan (13 Reasons Why) 41. Sierra Capri (On My Block) 42. Simone Missick (Luke Cage) 43. Spike Lee (She’s Gotta Have It) 44. Steven Silver (13 Reasons Why) 45. Sydelle Noel (GLOW) 46. Vaneza Oliveira (3%) 47. Yance Ford (Strong Island) netflix - a […]

[…] Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (“Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Rachel Getting Married”)  Matty Rich is highly regarded as one of the pioneering Black filmmakers, along with Spike Lee, John Singleton and Mario Van Peebles. At just 19-years old, Rich won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his debut screenplay “Straight […]

[…] series, Martin called out Snoop on his show News One Now for smoking too much “weed” and not bothering to call “Will Packer, Ava DuVernay, or call Spike Lee or the countless African Americans out there who are trying to make those films and looking for folks like you who are going to put their […]

[…] have been several other blowups as well. The site says Wendy and Kevin are close to reaching “an accord” which means he’d step down as executive producer. SPIKE LEE TO EP CIVIL RIGHTS DRAMA ‘SON OF THE SOUTH’ BASED ON BOB ZELLNER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Meanwhile, as we reported earlier, Hunter also released a statement saying … […]

[…] Ali, John Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, Colin Kaepernick, Gordon Parks, Dick Gregory, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy, Richard Pryor, Elijah Muhammad, Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, Sidney Poitier, Spike Lee, The Exonerated Five, Emmett Till, The Tuskegee Airmen, Kobe Bryant, Nipsey Hussle, the Black Panther Party, and more than 100 others. Images of those who have […]

[…] executors have collaborated with several projects, including “Michael Jackson ONE,” a Cirque du Soleil show running for the last five years in Las Vegas; a documentary, “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” released a few months after his death in 2009; and “Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown to Off the Wall,” a Spike Lee documentary from 2016.

*Angela Bassett’s portrayal of Tina Turner in 1993’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” was among an unreal amount of real life women the actress had taken on by the time we spoke with her in 2002 for her portrayal of Rosa Parks in the CBS film “The Rosa Parks Story.” Bassett had also […]