Category: Black Cinema

The Get Down is a musical drama television series set in the South Bronx in the late 1970s. Created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis, the series debuted in…

Starring: Kevin de Paula, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta, Colm Meaney PELÉ tells the miraculous story of the legendary soccer player’s rise to glory from a young boy, to…

Don Cheadle as Miles Davis in biopic ‘Miles Ahead’ is an exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis. “Cheadle is learning to play trumpet for the role. He has…

Chiraq the Movie A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Director: Spike Lee Writers: Kevin Willmott,…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is an upcoming American epic space opera film directed by J. J. Abrams. The seventh…

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and ’30s. Official Website: www.bessiethemovie.com Tweet

Survivor’s Remorse is a television show airing on Starz. It premiered on October 4, 2014. The plot centers around the lives of Cam Calloway (Jesse T. Usher) and his family…

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE A satire about being a Black face in a white place. Visit Official Web Site Remember when Black movies didn’t neccesarily star a dude in a fat…

Mother of George: Adenike and Ayodele, a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, are having trouble conceiving a child – a problem that defies cultural expectations and leads Adenike to make…

Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His thoughtful, humorous journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group’s history…