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Television

Will Ghost Be Able to Pull Off the Performance of His Life? Recapping the ‘Power’ Season 4 Premiere

Ghost is living his worst nightmare. As “When I Get Out” opens, he finds himself being booked in prison. As he disrobes, he reflects back to all of the warnings Tommy and Tasha gave him about Angela. He realizes that every poor decision he’s made regarding her has led him to this moment and yet, he’s almost in disbelief. At the river, Sandoval is preparing to dispose of the gun he used...

Interviews,Television

A Shadow and Act Sit-Down With Oprah Winfrey & the Cast of 'Queen Sugar'

Though we seem to be in what has been termed a new renaissance in Black film and television, some narratives stand above the others. One such series is Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar.” Based on the 2014 novel by Natalie Baszile, “Queen Sugar” follows the previously estranged Bordelon siblings still reeling from their father’s death. Stubborn but ambitious Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner), Black...

Festivals,Film,Reviews

ABFF Review: ‘Tell Them We Are Rising’ Underscores the Legacy & Importance of HBCUs

To this day, education is not an inherent right. The effects of segregation are still deeply steeped in the Black community, and unless there is careful nurturing within the family home or by some particularly devoted educators, many Black people in this country have found themselves severely under and uneducated. Despite the lack of resources that are devoted to many public schools...

Film

'Copwatch' - Camilla Hall's Documentary Look at Policing the Police - Acquired By Gunpowder & Sky

These days any feelings of hope and promise that seemed to just recently ebb and flow within the Black community particularly in impoverished neighborhoods are long lost. Instead, pain appears to be the constant, pulsing through us all as we hear about new deaths and shootings and as we watch our Constitutional Rights continually get trampled over. We do not live in a time of...

Film

Review: In 'Romeo Is Bleeding' Shakespeare’s Tragedy Unfolds in Richmond, CA

"Violence is beyond flesh, it's spiritual."- Donté Clark Most people are first introduced to Shakespeare in high school. As teenagers, we sat hunched over our desks trying to make sense of 16th century prose. More often than not, it felt like a bunch of archaic language mixed in with some incomprehensible jargon, until we were finally able to grasp the stories and the nature of...

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