Oge Egbuonu’s New Film ‘(In)visible Portraits’ Is a Love Letter to Black Women

Jay-Z has joined forces with his promotion firm Roc Nation to take out full-page newspaper adverts to promote local black businesses across the US.The rapper took out the adverts in titles including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Denver Post, The Chicago Tribune, and many more, drawing attention to a variety of different Black-owned businesses across those cities.They range from law firms to clothing stores and restaurants, with the advert actively encouraging readers to use

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the new mural will send a message that «Black lives, in fact, do matter,» reports.«That Black people built New York City, that they've never been compensated for all they did, that all the mistakes, the sins, everything in American history that has afflicted Black people have not been accounted for and must be accounted for -- something he does not understand,» he said last month.

The New York Times' landmark 1619 Project magazine issue, which examined the impact of slavery on American history, is headed to the big and small screen. Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who created The 1619 Project, and Oprah Winfrey are teaming with Lionsgate to develop The New York Times Magazine issue and the podcast 1619 into multiple feature films, TV series, documentaries and other cross-platform content for a global audience.

Oprah Winfrey is bringing a new project to film and television.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOprah Winfrey, The New York Times and Lionsgate are partnering on a series of feature films and television shows based on “The 1619 Project.”The collaboration was announced Wednesday, nearly a year after the Times debuted “The 1619 Project” series to re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States on the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival in Virginia.

Also Read: NY Times Wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes, Including for Nikole Hannah-Jones' 1619 Project“The 1619 Project” was a landmark undertaking for the Times that connected the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of the brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.

Kerry Washington displayed images of teenager Trayvon Martin, 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and other black men and women killed by police backstage during her run in Broadway’s American Son.The actress, who starred in the New York production as a woman grieving the loss of her son at the hands of law enforcement officers in 2018, reveals she put the images up in her dressing room as a reminder of the unsettling true stories that inspired the play.

(CNN)The Patriots aren't just a football team. As we roll into the holiday weekend, let's shine the spotlight this Independence Day on a few celebs who rep modern patriotism amid our national reckoning with racism.Think it doesn't matter? That no one cares what celebrities say or do?Well, then you haven't been paying attention to the fact that we have a former reality star currently serving as the Presidentof the United States.

Tom Grater, Jill Goldsmith Yesterday’s news that the European Union will not lift travel restrictions on the U.S. due to the scale of the country’s ongoing coronavirus outbreak prompted concerns about the re-start of American film and TV production based in Europe.As of today (July 1), travelers from 15 countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and China can cross borders into the EU, but the U.S.

The Norwegian people have to be a little bit bummed that their mythology has been hijacked by American superhero pop culture, with the most popular God of Thunder being Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Will Thorne Staff WriterMalcolm Jenkins, the two-time Super Bowl champion and current New Orleans Saints star, is set to produce a documentary series about the history of Black wealth in America.Titled “Little Africa,” the series aims to draw a correlation between the dispossession of land and the existing wealth and political gaps in the United States.

festival announced Thursday.The romantic comedy, written and directed by Allen, stars Elena Anaya (“Wonder Woman”), Louis Garrel (“An Officer and a Spy”), Gina Gershon (“The Insider”), Sergi López (“Pan’s Labyrinth”), Wallace Shawn (“Marriage Story”) and Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”).Allen shot the film last summer in and around San Sebastian, a town located in the mountainous Basque region of northern Spain.

Family Romance, LLC will be officially released for MUBI members on the streaming platform on July 4, after 24 hours of free streaming.The preview event will also offer an exclusive introduction and 15-minute Q&A interview with Herzog, who directed the film and also served as writer and cinematographer.The virtual preview will be available to stream in over 150 countries, including the US, Canada, India and Australia.The film, based on true events, follows a Tokyo-based company offering

Steve Bing took his own life, a coroner in Los Angeles has said.The 55-year-old, who shared a son with actress Elizabeth Hurley, was found dead in Century City on Monday.On its website, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office listed Bing's cause of death as "multiple blunt trauma" and said the manner was suicide.The case is now closed, the coroner added.Former US president Bill Clinton among those to pay tribute as news of Bing’s death emerged.Bing was described as a "sweet,

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefAmy Schumer had a message for Hillary Clinton.On the day after the 2016 election, the “Trainwreck” actor and comedian took to her Instagram account to express her rage at the millions of Americans who had supported Donald Trump. “People who voted for him, you are weak.

Filmmaker Oge Egbuonu, a producer on the film , makes her directorial debut with the documentary on . The film—which was nearly three years in the making—features Black female scholars and authors sharing stories of struggle and celebration throughout American history.

Unsubscribe, a 29-minute horror movie shot entirely on video-conferencing app Zoom, made $25,488 (£20,510) in ticket sales on one day, securing the US box office top spot above films The Wretched and Becky.That’s thanks to filmmakers Eric Tabach and Christian Nilsson, who told BBC News how they managed to get their film to number one on June 10.Tabach, an actor and YouTuber from Philadelphia, and Nilsson, a filmmaker from New York, used the ‘four-walling’ sales technique and took advantage of

Kristen Stewart is set to play Diana, Princess of Wales in a new film, according to reports.