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Brandy and Kathryn Hunter praise directors Max Eggers and Sam Eggers for giving them the courage to go all the way in new A24 horror film The Front Room. While talking to Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum, Brandy said that her horror past of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer wasn’t […]
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In the new investigative documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon, director Jazmin Jones and producer Olivia McKayla Ross offer a unique exploration of technology, representation and digital identity for Black millennials. For many, their first introduction to the keyboard was through Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, the computer software featuring a beautiful, seemingly successful Black woman as the
The cast of The Deliverance says that audiences can see how generational trauma can be its own type of demonic force. The cast and director Lee Daniels talked with Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum about the deeper spiritual and familial themes in the horror film. Glenn Close, who plays Alberta, said how her
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While the new film The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat explores the beauty of female friendship through the lens of three lifelong friends, it also taps into the emotional depths of the Black man and the importance of allowing them the space to be vulnerable. The film, which follows the lives of three characters, Barbara Jean (Sanaa
The conversation around how unconditional love shows up within lifelong friendships often takes a back burner compared to romantic partnerships. Still, the film The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat puts friendships under a microscope, magnifying how sisterhood can be quite healing. Centered on three characters, Barbara Jean (Sanaa Lathan), Clarice (Uzo Aduba), and Odette (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor),
Nick Cannon has a ton of jobs, and he’s added another one with Season 2 of We Playin’ Spades. The Wild N’ Out creator has teamed up with Courtney Bee to play the card games over drinks, food, and good conversation with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Reminiscent of your family card game
Imani Pullum knew she wanted play Ella, the main character in Prime Video‘s newest coming-of-age drama, Classified. “When I got the breakdown of the show and the description of the character, I really liked Ella because she’s just so strong and so powerful and so outspoken, and that really drew me to her,” she said
9-1-1- Lone Star‘s Julian Works said playing real-life Latino golf pioneer Joe Treviño in SXSW favorite The Long Game was a job that had “a certain amount of pressure.” “[It’s a] responsibility that you have to carry because you don’t know if the family’s going to be watching and you [also] want to do the
There is so much more to becoming “unprisoned” than fighting the inequalities of the American judicial system. As Season 2 of Hulu’s Onyx Collective series UnPrisoned is underway, star Kerry Washington explores a world where people are healing their families through her character Paige, and a story “inspired by some truly crazy s**t.” “There’s so much awareness
Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie are unnerved by the power stardom and fame provides, themes that define their film, Blink Twice, directed by Zoë Kravitz. Ackie and Tatum talked with Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum about how power is dissected in the film, with Tatum saying that all of the characters in the
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