Long before Reggie Hudlin, Kasi Lemmons, Robert Townsend, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, John Singleton, Mattty Rich, Ava DuVernay, husband-wife duo Reggie Rock Bythewood & Gina Prince Bythewood, and Spike Lee, there was Oscar Micheaux. A film di...
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Issue 4
In 1991, Julie Dash made history when her groundbreaking film, Daughters of the Dust, became the first feature film directed by a Black woman to receive theatrical distribution in the United States.
Premiering at the Sundance Film Fe...
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Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte and Calvin Lockhart
Rated: PG Action/Comedy/Crime
One of the most hilarious films ever produced, Uptown Saturday Night is the story of two best friends, Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier), ...
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Starring: Robert Hooks, Paula Kelly, Paul Winfield and Ralph Waite
Rated: R Crime/Drama
This film is about a character, simply known as “Mr. T.”, (Robert Hooks) a fearsome “fixer” of problems that plague the Black p...
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“Black
music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
&...
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When you think of the Low Country region in the United States, you readily envision the Sea Islands, areas along the southeastern coastlines of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. These islands, of which there are more than one hundred, are...
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The beauty and majesty of Africa are enchanting. In Nairobi, Kenya, visitors may experience this enchantment at Giraffe Manor, an exclusive hotel that has been attracting lodgers since the 1930s, approximately four decades after Europeans beg...
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