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Imagine a group of friends returning home to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and circumstances move them to do a money heist. Well, that’s exactly what takes place in the new film Cut Throat City. Written by P.G. Cuschieri and directed by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, the film is a crime drama fueled by desperation. Cut…

Spike Lee had no idea Chadwick Boseman was sick when they were filming Da 5 Bloods. The 43-year-old actor died on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, after secretly battling colon cancer for the past four years and director Lee, 63, admitted he did not know about Boseman’s illness when they were working on the physically demanding…

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler shared his thoughts on the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman. On Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, Coogler used social media to shed light on his relationship with Boseman and his impact on and off the screen. “I finally met Chad in person in early 2016, once I signed onto the film,”…

Award-winning director Kim A. Snyder discusses her new documentary, Us Kids. The film chronicles the student-led March For Our Lives movement over several years and follows one of its co-founders, Emma Gonzalez, and several other young activists as they pull off the largest youth demonstration in American history.

Tyler Perry (Photo credit: Cliffe Fraser / Splash News) Tyler Perry thinks his late mother is responsible for his charitable spirit. The 50-year-old star is set to receive a special Emmy at next month’s ceremony for his charitable efforts, and he’s credited his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, for his generosity. Perry — whose mother died…

As a kid with a dream, there is nothing more exciting than having someone show you that they believe in your talent. That is exactly what Netflix has done for a group of young Nigerian filmmakers. Across the world in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria, a group of young kids known as the “Ikorodu…

Antoine Fuqua is to direct Siege of Bethlehem. The Training Day filmmaker will helm the flick — based on the book A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War by Joshua Hammer — for Bron Studios. The movie is based on a true story and tells how a Muslim, an Israeli Jew and a Christian American united…

Spike Lee is horrified by the high death rate in America during the global health crisis, which this week climbed above 100,000 lives lost. The 63-year-old director is taking no chances at his office in Brooklyn, New York, explaining to The Times: “Everybody’s taken a test here. We all wear masks. It’s three floors, 10,000 square…

Sam Pollard is an award-winning director and documentary filmmaker who gives a voice to the voiceless and shares the rich stories of our community. His most recent project is the five-part documentary series, “Atlanta’s Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children.” In the documentary, Pollard investigates the mystery behind the killings of Black youth in Atlanta…

Sam Pollard is an award-winning director who gives a voice to the voiceless and shares the rich stories of our community. From 1979 to 1981, at least 30 Black children and young adults disappeared and were murdered in Atlanta. Now 40 years later, in a five-part documentary series, “Atlanta’s Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children,”…

Award-winning director Spike Lee is excited about his new film, “Da 5 Bloods.” The film stars Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isiah Whitlock Jr. as four Black veterans from the Vietnam War who return to the nation to search for buried gold and the remains of their fallen squad leader, Chadwick Boseman. The…

Baltimore native Felicia Pride is a film and TV writer and an emerging director. She was a writer on Ava DuVernay’s drama series “Queen Sugar” and recently made her directorial debut with tender, a short film that explores the bonds between Black women. It premiered in March at the 2020 Outfest Fusion film festival in…

Spike Lee has slammed the plan to lift the lockdown and reopen movie theaters in the state of Georgia. The award-winning director insisted he isn’t going to risk his own health by venturing outside amid the pandemic, and he’s also called for an increase in testing for the virus. He told Vanity Fair in an…

Dui Jarrod is a screenwriter, storyteller and director from White Hall, Arkansas. He began his career in film with his first project at 11 years old. The effort fortified his belief that cinema can be used delicately and progressively. Driven by his desire to move the narrative forward for marginalized communities, Jarrod moved to Los…

Tyler Perry left a very generous tip for out-of-work restaurant workers. The 50-year-old actor-director is a big fan of the Houston’s chain and has made regular trips to one in Atlanta to pick up food. On his visit on Sunday, April 5, 2020, he generously handed over $21K so that 42 servers who are no longer…

Spike Lee has shared a script for his unmade Jackie Robinson film. The 63-year-old director gifted his fans the screenplay in a video he posted from his home to keep them entertained during the coronavirus lockdown. Lee described the unmade movie — which was planned for release in the mid-1990s, as a “dream project” —…

Spike Lee has responded following the decision to postpone the Cannes Film Festival amid COVID-19. The 63-year-old director made history earlier this year after it was revealed he would be the first Black president of the festival’s jury, but he agrees with festival director Thierry Fremaux’s decision to put the event back. He told Variety:…

Jamie Foxx is set to take a seat in the director’s chair once again. The 52-year-old actor co-wrote the script for the movie about pastor siblings with Donald Ray “Speedy” Caldwell. The plot follows two brothers who take on jobs at two completely different churches, with one thriving and the other left struggling to cope…

Wes Miller is a lawyer-turned-filmmaker, blazing a path with his unique style and keen eye. He launched his career in 2012 with the short film, In Your Hands, which he wrote, directed and produced. Since then, Miller has written and directed Prayer Never Fails (2016), River Runs Red (2018) and Atone (2019). Working with talents…

Spike Lee wore a custom suit in tribute to Kobe Bryant to the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. The 62-year-old film director — who is a basketball fanatic — donned an eye-catching suit for the annual awards show at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where he was seen sporting the colors of the…