A provoking and powerful film, Nate Parker’s latest project “American Skin,” follows a Black Iraqi War Vet, who seeks justice for his only son after…
Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha sizzle on screen in ‘Sylvie’s Love’
Boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl. What is about rom-coms that makes us all dewy-eyed and drawn to them? Just ask writer/director…
Akon to build smart city in Senegal
Akon, famed Senegalese American singer plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in Senegal and has confirmed that construction on “Akon City” will…
Nnamdi Asomugha plays a Jazz musician in ‘Sylvie’s Love’
A former football player, who was considered one of the best defensive players in the National Football League, Nnamdi Asomugha has since kicked his film…
Babyface, Brandy and Smokey Robinson to perform at the Soul Train Awards
BET has announced a list of performers and presenters scheduled to hit the virtual stage for the 2020 Soul Train Awards. “Feed Your Soul,” is…
Twin Hopes: Nigerian Brothers Tackle a Migrant Tale
Lots of siblings make movies. From the Coen’s, the Hughes brothers to the Wachowski siblings, keeping it in the family is always a recipe for…
Iconic Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘We Shall Overcome’ Transcribed into Dance
Reimagine the relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s 57-year-old speech “We Shall Overcome” in Tommie-Waheed Evans’ “Bodies as Site of Faith and Protest.” The…
Regina King speaks about ‘One night in Miami’
Race, politics, power, and civil rights become the focus when four iconic characters gather in a hotel room in Regina King’s directorial debut. A film…
A Trinidadian tale, an Angolan drama and a Nigerian film kick off AFI Fest
Passports, visas, and other travel documents are the mainstay of GDN Studios “Eyimofe,” an engaging Nigerian immigration drama, which weaves a compelling tale of two…