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At 83, the filmmaker behind “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” may be the longest-working Black director in history. His own story is a Hollywood epic.

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Passenger 57 Legacy Sequel with Wesley Snipes Rumored to Be on the Way Passenger 57 Legacy Sequel with Wesley Snipes Rumored to Be on the Way A list of upcoming projects from the California Film Commission suggests that we could be getting a sequel to the 1992 Wesley Snipes actioner Passenger 57. Buckle up, because its rampant speculation time. Following the recent release of several projects on the agenda of the California Film Commission, one title in particular instantly stood out to action ...

Douglas Turner Ward: A Lens on ‘Questions That the Country Wasn’t Asking’ Samuel L. Jackson, David Alan Grier, Phylicia Rashad and others remember the Negro Ensemble Company founder. Douglas Turner Ward waiting to go onstage after the opening night performance of “A Soldier’s Play” in January 2020. Kenny Leon, who led the production, called Ward’s presence and smile up there that night “the greatest experience for me as an American director.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The...

Douglas Turner Ward He won a Tony Award while also directing and starring in The River Niger in the 70s. Douglas Turner Ward, a Tony-winning playwright, director and actor who co-founded New Yorks trailblazing Negro Ensemble Company, has died. He was 90. Ward, inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1996, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan, his wife, Diana Ward, told Energized by the success of Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun and with help from a Ford Foundation grant, Ward, act...

The underlying story of "Posse" is one that needs to be told, about an American West that was populated not just by white cowboys, but also by blacks, who rode the range, were lawmen and outlaws, and ruled themselves in their own black townships. It is a West not often seen in Hollywood movies; 79-year-old Woody Strode, who appears in a supporting role, is one of only a few African-Americans to appear in Westerns before recent years.

Man found with drugs hidden in his anus gets 11½ years in federal prison James Robert Hooks was indicted last year on four drug charges; he had cocaine and fentanyl hidden on his person when he was booked into the Kent County Jail. Credit: Kent County Jail James Hooks has a criminal history that began when he was 13 with an assault and battery conviction. Author: John Hogan Updated: 5:25 PM EST January 22, 2021 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A seasoned drug dealer boo...

January 1, 2021 In 1981, when the Jefferson Prep Patriots won the Class A State football championship with a 14-7 win over Lewisville, one of the biggest, strongest, toughest players on the team was a lineman named Buck James. “I thought I was strong,” he recalled recently. “I thought I was tough. But I found out I wasn’t.” James explained, “When I went to high school, the weight room was not a priority. When I went to college to play (at the University of Arkansas at Monticello),...

Save this story for later. Because of the scant financial prospects during a time of scant theatrical attendance, the year-end crop of movies being positioned for the Oscars and other awards (alongside the alternative batch of holiday blockbusters) is thinner than usual. But there are still some wonderfully accomplished and delightfully surprising new movies: foremost, “Sylvie’s Love,” which is playing not in theatres but on Amazon Prime. Even before the pandemic, that service, like other...

They think mitt romney is better for the economy than barack obama and majority of american people agree with that. jon: is the economy a millstone for the president, robert? >> oh absolutely. for both candidates because it is a millstone for the american people. american people want to know what is the romney plan, not just lower taxes and repeal obamacare on which romneycare was designed. the, the money question, barack obama and the democrats raised a lot more money in the first half of the y...