The Black Business Association (BBA) will present its 2023 Salute to Black Women Business Conference, Vendor Faire and Awards Luncheon on Saturday, March 25, at the Hyatt Regency LAX.
Glynn Turman, the venerable Emmy-winning actor, brings his megawatt smile and huge talent to the small screen in the limited ABC series, “Women of the Movement,” the story of Mamie Till – Mobley who sought justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal murder in 1955.
She deserves the opportunity to put her spin on the tried superhero genre.
The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) began its “Operation Love” activities in the wee hours of Sunday, May 10. Their goal for this day, one of the most celebrated days of the calendar year across the globe, was to celebrate Mother’s Day with the personal delivery of 500 baskets of essential personal and gift items with dinner to Mother’s who have been in isolation due to the pandemic. Mothers who are seniors, living in assisted living facilities and/or living in shelters and some who are homeless. This national effort took place on both the West and East coast where an additional 500 Washington, D.C. residents received services.
It’s hard to adequately convey the impact and the enduring legacy that writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s film “Love & Basketball” has achieved.
Anyone that’s been working inside Hollywood’s inner circle for the past two decades has either worked with or heard about producer Tracey Bing. Besides praising her solid business acumen —the product of a first-rate education received at Yale University and Harvard Business School—it was her superlative taste level and her ability to maneuver the creative and business side that really made the bees in the beehive buzz.
Uptown Magazine honors women directors Gina Prince Bythewood, Stella Meghie, Chandra Wilson and Dee Rees.
Uptown Ventures Group and its brainchild UPTOWN Magazine recently hosted its annual “Uptown Honors Hollywood” soiree celebrating “Women Directors in Television and Film.”
I think it truly challenges the perspective and it has opened a lot of conversations about the Sandra Blands, Trayvon Martins, and Philando Castiles,” he states.
This was the brainchild of Cuban-American tech whiz Izzy Morales (Otmara Marrero) and this idea brought all the wolves out for the hunt.
Prince-Bythewood recently wrapped up directing duties on the pilot for the Marvel TV project on Freeform, “Cloak & Dagger”.
SISTAS… began twenty-three years ago as a call to the entertainment industry to acknowledge that there is grand talent amongst African American women filmmakers. What began as a screening and discussion became one of the most recognized inspirational and emulated events of the Black filmmaking community.