2019 Oscars: Black Filmmakers Win Big
February 28, 2019
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.
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Moonlight
Actress-Writer Lena Waithe: Films Fall Short of Ethnic Equality
November 2, 2018
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.
‘Moonlight’ director Barry Jenkins ready to return to work
May 11, 2017
Jenkins is also working on an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad.”
BET Presents the 2017 ABFF Honors Awards
March 20, 2017
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 — Oscar winner for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — A man of peace and filled gratitude.
March 1, 2017
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.
AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION HONORED MOONLIGHT & QUEEN SUGAR
February 16, 2017
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
‘Moonlight’ Breaks The Mold
November 22, 2016
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.