Film

Newspaper under fire for offensive ’12 Years a Slave’ headlines

NSBA adopts curriculum based on ’12 Years a Slave’

Lawsuit: 10-year-old gets leg broken by cop after filming him

Are positive black male leads endangered in film?

Italian poster for ’12 Years A Slave’ diminishes star Chiwetel Ejiofor, highlights Brad Pitt

Kartemquin Films offers diversity film fellowship to people of color

History Channel’s “Roots” remake in the works

Chadwick Boseman Lands Lead Role in James Brown Biopic

Actor Lee Thompson Young Found Dead

Moviegoer Accuses Regal Cinema of Racial Profiling at ‘The Butler’ Showing

Harry Lennix Calls The Butler ‘Historical Porn’; Sounds Off on Media Depictions of Black Men

Russell Simmons Apologizes; Pulls Harriet Tubman Sex Tape

U.S. Distributor for Australian Film ‘The Sapphires’ Apologizes for Racist, Sexist DVD Cover

Oprah Winfrey: Trayvon Martin Parallels Emmett Till

Spike Lee Has a Script for a ‘School Daze” Sequel

WATCH: Amazing Trailer for ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’

Idris Elba Stars as Nelson Mandela in Upcoming Biopic

Could Light-Skinned Women Ever Be the Subject of a Documentary like “Dark Girls”?

Don’t Miss FRUITVALE STATION in Theaters July 12

Nina Simone Documentary In The Works

Issa Rae Set to Play Nina Simone in Lorraine Hansberry Biopic

A Production Company Wants Rihanna to Play Josephine Baker in Biopic

WATCH: Trailer for Lee Daniel’s “The Butler,” Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey

Harlem Youth Hope to Help End Gun Violence w/ Documentary

Remake of ‘Mahogany’ In the Works

Editorial Asks “Where Are Ordinary Black Youth in Popular Culture?”

MLB Launches Task Force to Examine Decline in Black Players

Oscar Grant Film ‘Fruitvale’ Gets July Release Date

From HIV to Sexual Assault, Tyler Perry’s Latest Film is ALL KINDS of Problematic

Forest Whitaker To Direct and Produce Richard Pryor Biopic

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