Jay Z along with the Weistein Company (Fruitvale Station) will be producing a documentary series that will feature Trayvon Martin. The projects will be based on the books Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It and Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin. […]
The first documentary about late poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou will arrive in select theaters across the country this month following a successful one-theater run in Chicago. “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,” from directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack, will now open in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco on […]
The love between Black men and Black women is truly like no other and talented Hip Hop veteran Common is looking to bring that feeling to the forefront of the music conversation again with a new mini documentary titled, “Love Star.” [read rest of story on Essence] Check out the exclusive premiere of the short […]
Chris Brown has put together what looks to be a project that will tackle the real testimony of his life. The documentary titled “Welcome to My Life” includes commentary from artists such as DJ Khaled, Usher and Mary J. Blige, gives a blow by blow account of the roller coaster ride of a life of fame […]
Lee Daniels, the director of The Butler and creator of FOX’s Empire is entering new territory to direct an upcoming documentary, The Apollo Theater Film Project.…
Because I’m a lover of all music, I’m fascinated by biographies of musicians and singers and all the good and bad things they go through.…
According to Billboard.com, a Grace Jones documentary is finally in the works. One of the most talked about women of the ’70s and ’80s is…
Bill Dukes’ Light Girls, the follow-up to his 2011 documentary Dark Girls, aired on OWN last night, and Twitter and Facebook users wasted no time…
(PHOTO: GSN) A new documentary about sex trafficking premiered this month in honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Day (Jan. 11) and executive producer Natalie Grant…
Bill Dukes has done it again. Dukes’ features another documentary, and this time concerning how colorism affects lighter skinned black women. Duke’s “Dark Girls” sparked…
Events sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, which takes place on Saturday, include the release of…
Cameras followed Kehinde Wiley, a New York-based portrait painter, as he decided to explore the inner and outer beauty of Black women for his latest project.…