Monthly Archives: August 2011
It hardly seems fathomable that only one black actress, Whoopi Goldberg, has been twice nominated for an Oscar. I suppose we’re supposed to be happy that black actresses are nominated at all. With Viola Davis leading the charge on the unexpected popularity of The Help, it’s time once again to turn our attention to this, what many of you call, the Affirmative...
“The issue for all black artists is: Who controls the resources that allow for the work to happen? And it’s said, ‘who controls the resources, controls the story.’ What we have to improve on is reclaiming our own identity, our own story… I don’t really see any Black Cinema… We’re probably one of the few cultural groups...
Luc Besson’s The Lady will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival September 12. The Lady is the extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. It is also the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma‟s democracy movement. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile...