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Hollywood’s top Black directors made great strides in 2019. From Spike Lee winning an Academy Award for Blackkklansman to Ava DuVernay receiving critical acclaim for her explosive miniseries When They See Us, Black excellence was front and center. With the start of the year 2020 less than two months away, Black film directors continue pushing the culture…

At the 2019 Disney D23 Expo, Disney and Marvel revealed a slate of new films. In addition to sequels, the Disney-Marvel-Pixar branches unveiled plans for original films starring a who’s who of talent. As expected, T’Challa and the rest of the Black Panther cast will return along with some new faces. Here are five films…

Award-winning filmmaker and veteran producer and director Roger Bobb is preparing for the 10th anniversary of BronzeLens Film Festival with excitement. This year’s event kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 21, and continues through Sunday, Aug. 23, in Atlanta. The festival, which Bobb helped create with producer and award-winning recording artist Kathleen Bertrand, has grown exponentially since it began a decade…

The Screen Actors Guild Awards were held Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. Black Panther took the night’s biggest prize, Outstanding Performance By a Cast in a Motion Picture. The cast of the comic book blockbuster gathered on stage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles to accept the final award of the evening, with actor Chadwick…

Oprah Winfrey has shared the 2018 film that she feels is a game changer. The 64-year-old star has hailed director Ryan Coogler because she thinks Black Panther is “bigger than a movie.” Winfrey says the Marvel movie, represented a “game-changing” moment for the film industry. She said: “I just wanted to say that when I first saw Black Panther…

LeBron James has confirmed he and Ryan Coogler will team up to make a Space Jam sequel. The NBAer will star in the highly anticipated Warner Bros. movie — the follow-up to the live-action 1996 original, which featured Michael Jordan — and he is delighted to be working with the Black Panther director on the…

Black Panther continues to break records. During the weekend of March 9, the film surpassed the $1B mark making it the highest-grossing film starring a majority Black cast with a Black director. The film has reached $1 billion in 26 days. The film made it to $1 billion due to a strong opening in China…

In a Hollywood move that will shock absolutely no one, Marvel Studios has announced that the billion-dollar blockbuster Black Panther will get a sequel. Well, duh! If Hollywood can make about 15 Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies — most of which were absolutely horrible but still made enough money to justify…

There were so many underlying messages and anecdotes running through the entire two hours and fifteen minutes of Marvel’s Black Panther that it’s hard to keep up. The boldest and perhaps most impactful lesson is seeing the effect of Michael B. Jordan’s character Erik Killmonger being separated from his history, his roots, his past. After…

Angela Bassett and her husband Courtney B. Vance wanted their twins to be part of the Black Panther filmmaking process because it is such an inspiring movie. The 59-year-old actress plays Ramonda — the mother of titular hero T’Challa and Queen Mother of fictional African nation Wakanda — in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, which…

Black Panther is taking the world by storm with its record-breaking box-office numbers and predominantly Black cast. The stars of the Ryan Coogler-directed film once again hit up the red carpet to celebrate the film’s success, this time during New York Fashion Week.

In 2014, Marvel Studios announced that they’d be moving forward with creating a Black Panther movie. The project had been in planning and pre-development ever since then, and now Marvel has finally released both the movie poster and first teaser trailer for the new movie. Along with Marvel’s new Spider-Man, Black Panther will be the…

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler have caught backlash for a picture published by Vanity Fair. The photo coincided with an interview that highlighted their impressive run with Fruitvale Station and Creed. However, some have criticized the photo and suggested that the image of two Black males embracing is effeminate and homosexual. After we posted the image…

Filmmakers Ryan Coogler, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay join political activist and commentator Van Jones for an online chat discussing #FlintWaterCrisis. Nearly 100,000 Flint residents, disproportionately poor and of color, consumed water contaminated with dangerous levels of lead.

Directer and screenwriter Ryan Coogler (Creed) visited the University of Chicago to talk with the students at Mandel Hall. Coogler talked about his journey, and things he was exposed to while growing up. Watch as he ticks off his favorite movies in this video.

The American Black Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year of existence. This year, the nation’s largest gathering of Black film and television enthusiasts will meet in Miami, Florida, June 15-19. The kickoff to these festivities took place at The Godfrey in Chicago recently. Hundreds of Black actors, actresses, directors, producers and writers were present and…

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Last January, the Internet was buzzing with news that J. Cole had proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Melissa Heholt, and planned to tie the knot with her. However, just as quickly as the news came, it was seemingly forgotten in just a matter of weeks and fans heard nothing else about the engagement from then…

Last night’s Golden Globe Awards was definitely packed with a bunch of headline-worthy highlights, and one of those surprising moments was when veteran actor Sylvester Stallone seemed to snub his Creed co-star, Michael B. Jordan, during his acceptance speech. Well, the snafu didn’t go unnoticed and Stallone ended up receiving some stern words from two…

Creed revolves around a sport, but it’s more than a film about boxing. The film, which stars Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and is directed by Ryan Coogler, is an extension of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky franchise. But beyond boxing, the film delves into high incarceration rates of young Black males, fatherhood, and remaining triumphant whether…

Creed, starring Michael B. Jordan, hits theaters this Thanksgiving and is said to be the greatest boxing film of this decade and perhaps ever. Director Ryan Coogler really brought his directorial talents to the table for the world to see with this film. Interviews by: Mike Melendy Camera: Jason Turcios