He continued, “In the Yoruba tradition, Ogun, Oshoosi, and Elegba come to you together. They are three warriors, and in this story of these three men named after these three ancestors – they’ll always be connected.”
Tarell Alvin McCraney is the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the groundbreaking film “Moonlight,” the creator and co-executive producer of the OWN TV series “David Makes Man,” and the new artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse.
The 2019 Academy Awards have come to an end and #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackBoyJoy were in full effect as some of our favorites walked away with statuettes, some after a 30-year uphill climb.
Waithe, an actress and Emmy-winning screenwriter with the streaming comedy “Master of None” who was in the film “Ready Player One,” joined in conversation with comedian Hannah Gadsby at an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences lunch.
Jenkins is also working on an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad.”
BET Presents its 2nd Annual ABFF Honors Awards Hosted by Regina Hall. Watch has the Los Angeles Sentinel catches up with the nights’ stars to talk about Black Excellence in Hollywood.
Correspondent: Brittany K. Jackson
Videographer: Kelli Scates
Mahershala Ali has a regal aura. It’s in the way he walks, stands, listens and speaks. Here is something else, he emits gratitude and not the false type where he loads his award speech with a laundry list of industry acknowledgments.
Denzel Washington, Ruth Negga, Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis Received Acting Wins. Ava DuVarney’s 13th and Beyonce’s Lemonade also take key honors. Sidney Poitier Received Lifetime Achievement Award
A major contender to win big this upcoming awards season is “Moonlight”. The indie film directed by Barry Jenkins has been captivating audiences around the nation.