Stay updated with breaking news from Kyla sylvers. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
/PRNewswire/ In April, Black Web Fest, a non-profit organization highlighting Black creators, launched the Black Web Fest x Web Monetization program to. ....
Black Girl Magic Is Making Afrofuturism In Cinema Bewitchingly Beautiful This year, fans of speculative fiction and Afrofuturism will see a balloon of projects that center diverse stories and Black women will be leading the way. This year, fans of speculative fiction and Afrofuturism will see a balloon of comics, graphic novels, film, and TV shows all devoted to centering Black and diverse stories and Black women will be leading the way. The next decade-plus will see us taken to worlds and futures where the African diaspora and sci-fi intersect. In most recent years, the hype behind projects like Lovecraft Country, ....
OUR RIGHT TO GAZE: BLACK FILM IDENTITIES SEE EVENT DETAILS In this collection of six shorts, filmmakers gaze at themselves and their world, attempting to make sense of what they see reflected back. From gripping drama to heart-warming comedy, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities features timely stories from Black artists that take us outside of the ordinary. Runtime: 82 mins. The Paradox of Expectation .it s the idea that wanting to rid yourself of expectations is a paradox - literally the expectation of no expectation. In these six films from emerging Black filmmakers, what the protagonists experience as the world they woke up to is not the one from which they re now appearing. Are they lying to themselves about who they are, or is the truth just not what they expect, but what they deserve? - Curtis Caesar John, The Luminal Theater, curator. ....
The 78th Golden Globe Awards are scheduled for Feb. 28 and will be shown on NBC. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will return to host the ceremony, which they last led in 2015. The Golden Globes typically take place in January. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives out the awards, pushed the ceremony to February this year, citing the coronavirus pandemic. Streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon, dominated the list of nominees, both with their own films like “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami,” which wouldn’t have relied on open movie theaters to find eyeballs even during a standard year and with movies that the streaming companies purchased from traditional studios, including Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” We’ll talk about actors, directors, and other Golden Globe nomination next week. ....