"What I Learned in Paris" - a review
In 1973 , Maynard Jackson was elected Mayor of Atlanta, and as the characters in the play keep saying, "Nothing's going to be the same."
Robey Theatre Company celebrates with Paul Robeson Theatre Festival
The two-day Festival celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Robey Theatre Company, dedicated to developing "innovative new plays written about the Black experience."
"Get On Up" says it loud: He's Brown and he's proud!
Tate Taylor's well-directed Get On Up is the latest movie about tortured artiste who acts in self-destructive ways, a biopic about "The Godfather of Soul," James Brown.
Ruby Dee, 91: Iconic actress, civil rights activist
Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91.
A dramatic meditation on freedom: "The Whipping Man"
It's1865. Slaves are being freed, soldiers are returning home, and in Jewish homes the freedom festival of Passover is being celebrated. Into war-torn Richmond comes a young, severely wounded Jewish Confederate officer.
We Shall Be Free!: Black Communist Protest in Seven Voices
In his preface, Walter T. Howard writes that, he hopes to "break new ground in the scholarship of the African American left."
Pan African Film Festival opens Feb. 6 in L.A.
One of L.A.'s leading annual cinema showcases and the biggest and most prestigious Black-themed film festivals, will take place February 6-17.
Hollywood doesn't recognize complexity of black life
This should have been the year that black directors dominated the Oscars.
Black-themed films lead Progie nominations
Riding a wave of black-themed films, movies about slavery, apartheid, and police repression dominate this year's nominations for best progressive films.
“Negro Comrades of the Crown” should be required reading
Horne focuses on the reactionary nature of U.S. slavery and racism, and demonstrates the vanguard role of African Americans in the struggle for freedom.
