Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 7th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television was held on Dec. 9 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The ...

Defining what constitutes a Black film is a complex and nuanced question. Is it simply a story featuring Black characters and actors? Or does the director’s identity play a crucial role? For instance, ...

Maya S. Cade is the creator and curator of Black Film Archive and a scholar-in-residence at the Library of Congress. In this personal reflection, she shares her journey to creating a new space for ...

Honorees announced for Critics Choice Association's 8th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television CCA Iconic directors Spike Lee and Ryan Coogler, plus a sterling line up of actors including ...

African American moviegoers had mixed feelings about Poitier. Many were glad that a Black actor had achieved power and prominence in Hollywood, but as Ed Guerrero writes, “Poitier’s ‘ebony saint’ ...

"He didn't just make movies, he sparked a revolution." Kino Lorber is launching a classic film tour soon to celebrate a pioneering American filmmaker named Oscar Micheaux. He is known as "the ...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures debuts its most ambitious exhibition, Regeneration: Black Cinema,1898–1971, starting August 21, 2022. Regeneration explores the achievements of Black Filmmakers ...

About midway through the Academy Museum exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which opens Sunday, is a wall of 51 glamour shots of actors and musicians working in Hollywood from the ’20s ...

Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess remains one of the most revolutionary works in Black horror. Released in 1973, the film redefined the horror genre through a Black lens. Starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark ...

A transformative wave of Black storytelling swept through Hollywood in 1995, forever altering the entertainment landscape. As we commemorate the 30th anniversary of this watershed moment, the impact ...

Two major independent filmmakers, Charles Burnett and Shaka King, visit Wesleyan University Nov. 8-9 to take part in the school’s “Black Voices and Visionaries in Cinema” seminar. Burnett’s newly ...