‘Harriet’ Offers Free Screenings to Celebrate Black History Month

As a creator and writer, I dreamed of hiring a team of women that looked like the black female leads I create. Women who are bold, innovative, and challenge the status quo. It took months to find one animator. Then weeks to find the next. I brought these artists together and was stunned to find an untapped pool of talent, struggling for a permanent place in the animated world.

Superheroes are thriving on TV, and an unprecedented number of them are African American. But it hasn't always been this way; historically, superheroes of color have had a slow and difficult journey to receiving the kind of fame that their white counterparts have enjoyed all along.

Back in 2016, Matthew A. Cherry put out a call on Twitter looking for 3D artists to help with a project. On Sunday, Cherry was standing on the stage of the Dolby Theatre celebrating his Oscar win for best animated short for “Hair Love.”

Actors David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood and Celia Rose Gooding have a shared passion for telling powerful stories on stage, but they say it's the personal experiences they had leading up to their big breaks that helped shape how they celebrate and honor each other's successes.

In honor of Black History Month, "The View" is recognizing heroes and role models who've made a difference in America.

Last year, as part of Billboard's Black History Month celebration, we asked Black artists spanning all genres to compile unique playlists exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account. Everyone from Normani and Khalid to DJ Premier and& Rapsody shared tracks that represented their love for the culture across the diaspora -- from childhood favorites to songs that make them feel free.

We're just over a week into 2020. And to celebrate, we turned to some of the most brilliant African-American writers and thinkers we know to recommend some of their favorite books.From collections of poems and poignant YA page-turners to classic novels, the books in this list are a testament to the varied creative expressions of the black experience.

What do you know about Kris Bowers, Ruth E. Carter, Hannah Bleacher or Joi McMillon? In honor of Black History Month, Variety shines a spotlight on a few of the many African American artisans who deserve to be recognized.

Sky TV has dropped new deals for February including an online exclusive offering a huge discount on the ultimate viewing bundle.

Artist Roya Marsha (Image courtesy GLAAD)

Last year, as part of Billboard's Black History Month celebration, we asked Black artists spanning all genres to compile unique playlists exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account. Everyone from Normani and Khalid to DJ Premier and Rapsody shared tracks that represented their love for the culture across the diaspora -- from childhood favorites to songs that make them feel free. We continue the celebration in 2020, with Baby Rose sharing her soundtrack today.

Cynthia Erivo has said it is “saddening” that she is the only person of colour to be nominated in an acting category at the Oscars.

A bar is offering free face masks with every bottle of Corona beer it sells – to boost sales of the brew after the outbreak of the coronavirus.

There is the Miles Davis you think you know and then there is the raw and wounded version that gets explored in the fascinating and heartbreaking documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.

Black History Month is here and it's time you add a new show to your queue.

Harriet will celebrate Black History Month by screening for free in early February.Focus Features and Regal Cinemas announced the promotion on Friday. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the film stars Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the iconic slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman.The free screenings in 50 Regal sites across the country will be held Feb.

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Roommates, during last night’s Grammy Awards, Google got an early start and debuted its Black History Month commercial—and social media simply can’t get enough of it. Featuring the best that #BlackExcellence has to offer, the commercial proves just how essential black people are to American history and culture.

Cheryl Koh, an aspiring singer and student at the University of Southern California, was selected from thousands of applicants to sing in Mandarin over the opening credits of the 2018 hit movie Crazy Rich Asians. Koh was stunned by what she saw as her big break — but then became stressed: She had.