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A new book

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

Premiering in Los Angeles a few days before Christmas 75 years ago this year, “The Yearling” depicted the post-Civil War Baxter family struggling to survive in the backwoods of Florida.

The writer Wil Haygood grew up watching movies with mostly white actors — Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Henry Fonda. "They all had one thing in common

Although Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died in 2007 at the age of 84, it's as if he has been constantly bending "Unstuck in Time" -- writer-producer-co-director Robert B. Weide's new documentary about the author of "Slaughterhouse Five" -- toward his own sensibilities.

The writer Wil Haygood grew up watching movies with mostly white actors — Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Henry Fonda. "They all had one thing in common

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

The writer Wil Haygood grew up watching movies with mostly white actors — Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Henry Fonda. "They all had one thing in common

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

Former colleagues, local arts leaders, and readers remember Mal Vincent, a longtime entertainment writer for The Virginian-Pilot who died on Nov. 28, 2021. During his more than 50 years at The Pilot. he interviewed the Who's Who of Hollywood. Vincent was 83.