Content studio Creator+ has official launched their new ‘Flip the Script’ Short Film Fund, which will champion, invest in and share stories of emerging BIPOC creators and aspiring filmmakers. The initiative is a collaboration with The Kennedy/Marshall Company...
"Congratulations to Michaela Coel and Michaela Coel only" was a popular tweet (or a variation of) circulating around this last night during the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards telecast and well into this morning. Why, you ask? BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE OF COLOR...
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains minor details about Blue Bayou. Read at your own risk! With Blue Bayou, actor and filmmaker Justin Chon isn't just giving us a family drama, he is giving a bookend to a family saga that's epic in emotion but very intimate in...
Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Releasing is teaming with iconic Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima for a 4K restoration of his groundbreaking 1993 film, Sankofa. The film about the untold history of Black resistance, developed from 20 years of research into the trans-Atlantic...
Cartoon Network is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the premiere of Drawn to Rhythm on September 15. The new installments of the series will feature two talented kids showing off their dancing skills and discussing the connection and importance their...
WarnerMedia Kids & Family unveiled the voice cast for the upcoming Warner Bros. Animation series Batwheels which includles AJ Hudson who will voice the first Black character to don the Robin "R" in the pages of the DC comics. In addition, The Half of...
In July 2019, Simu Liu stepped out on the stage in Hall H at Comic-Con as Kevin Feige announced him as the titular star of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. This was a huge moment for Marvel Studios as it was their first Asian-led comic book movie to be...
Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? Kasi Lemmons, the talented filmmaker behind the acclaimed Eve's Bayou and most recently Harriet, is set to direct the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody starring Master...
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) has teamed with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for a virtual edition of the 8th annual NFMLA InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival which will take place September 17-18. This year's lineup...
