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Ma Raineys Screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson: Black Women Were Revolutionary Ruben Santiago-Hudson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail But in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” we tell the story of this singular icon, Ma Rainey. More from Variety She was a giant in her field and her time. What a lot of people don’t understand about the 1920s is that there were at least 100 blues women recording records — from Paramount to Columbia and with the smaller record labels. Great women like Ida Cox,...

(Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Her new fans use race to deny her artistry and exceptionalism. The late Cicely Tyson is getting the Chadwick Boseman treatment. Mainstream media bow to her memory with overstated obits and one piddling night of two films on Turner Classic Movies. All this, pretending to respect the artistry of her 60-year-plus career, simply in order to make Tyson an exemplar of Black Lives Matter significance. Advertisement Dark, lovely, and clearly intelligent, Tyson was ...

An appreciation of the magnificent Cicely Tyson By Monica Moorehead posted on February 1, 2021 Harriet Tubman in “A Woman Called Moses,” “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” as Coretta Scott King in “King,” Rebecca in “Sounder” and the mother of Rosa Parks in “The Rosa Parks Story” — these are just some of the roles and movies that the great Cicely Tyson either portrayed or starred in during her illustrious 60-plus-year career. And even though she died at the age of...

Black Celebs Who Took a Stand, From Billie Holiday and Muhammad Ali to Beyoncé and LeBron James ETOnline 2/4/2021 © Entertainment Tonight This Black History Month, ET is celebrating the stars who took a stand. From speaking out during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s to calling for racial equality and justice over the summer of 2020 and beyond, these Black celebrities used their platforms to amplify important issues.  Late stars like Billie Holiday and Muhammad Ali stuck to ...

Black History Month: How It Began and How to Celebrate Author: Doriean Stevenson‍ Updated: 5:30 AM EST February 1, 2021 Today marks the first day of Black History Month 2021. The month-long celebration is a chance to acknowledge the historic achievements of Black Americans and to highlight their undeniable impact on American history. Game changers like Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. are some of the names we learn more about each February. Bu...

4K Ultra HD Review – Do the Right Thing (1989) Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Martin Lawrence, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Do the Right Thing is just as important today as it was when it was released in 1989, so it’s a perfect time to revisit this film in 4K. It looks better than it ever has on home video, and while Universal’s only new bonus feature...

What’s on TV This Week: ‘9to5: The Story of a Movement’ and ‘The Equalizer’ A new documentary on PBS looks at the roots of a women’s rights organization. And Queen Latifah stars in a reboot of “The Equalizer” on CBS. “9to5: The Story of a Movement” revisits an organization that fought for better treatment of women in the workplace.Credit...Richard Bermack Feb. 1, 2021 Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one....

Guess Whos Coming to Dinner -1967 Starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, "Guess Whos Coming to Dinner" made major waves upon release as it was one of the first major motion pictures to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light. It came out the same year that the Supreme Court ruled on Loving v. Virginia, which struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage.  The Wiz - 1978 Diana Ross, as Dorothy, carries her dog Toto in a scene for the Universal Studi...

Amy Jacques Garvey with her husband, Marcus. (Photo courtesy of The Conversation) Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of Black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history focuses on Black men, sidelining Black women and diminishing their contributions. This is true in mainstream narratives of Black nationalist movements in the United States. These narratives almost always highlight the experiences of a handful of Black nationalist m...

We’re thrilled to be celebrating Black History Month on the Criterion Channel with a lineup that salutes African American filmmaking pioneers like Gordon Parks and Madeline Anderson, spotlights the brilliant career of actor and activist Ruby Dee, presents newly restored works by William Greaves and Bill Duke, and offers introductions to contemporary Black directors like Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Akosua Adoma Owusu. That’s just the beginning—we’ve also got Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, a...