Posts Tagged ‘Entertainment’
The Story review – thrilling drama of race, truth and the pursuit of headlines
The play, which is inspired by a true story, depicts a Black journalist who is caught in a web of lies and racial politics
Read MoreHang Time review – a chilling picture of the horrors of racial violence
The play explores bonds between different generations of Black men as they talk about big-picture concepts like life and death.
Read MoreHow a Determined Scholar Captured the Breadth of Blackface
A new book details how widely white people participated in minstrelsy and wore Black face for entertainment.
Read MoreOutcry Roils BAFTAs After Guest With Tourette Syndrome Shouts N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lind
One of the hosts chastised BAFTA for not talking about the incident, while others are criticizing the BBC for airing the racial slur.
Read MoreRelooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums
The video game, which was inspired after the creator’s mother returned from a museum visit in shock, is available on Steam and Xbox.
Read MoreJordan Peele’s ‘High Horse: The Black Cowboy’ doc sheds light on an erased part of history
The new docu-series investigates the history of cowboys and the racism that has shaped how we view cowboy culture.
Read MoreVideo game lets you return African artifacts from Western museums
New video game, Reloaded, seeks to educate on the issue of reparations while returning artifacts back to their rightful place in Africa.
Read More‘Reading Rainbow’ to return, with viral librarian Mychal Threets as its host
Thweets uses social media to promote reading and literacy, espousing many of the traits of the show’s former host.
Read MoreWhy ‘Sinners,’ a Jim Crow-era vampire film, is a personal endeavor for director Ryan Coogler
A new movies combines elements of fantasy with the realities of segregation during the Jim Crow period.
Read More‘Number One on the Call Sheet’ celebrates Hollywood’s Black A-listers
A new documentary series on Apple+ highlights Black stars and their relationships with the Hollywood scene.
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