Spike Lee’s 1997 seminal documentary “Four Little Girls” recounts the tragic Birmingham, Ala. church bombing that took the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robinson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair. Their sudden, tragic deaths rank as one of the cloudiest moments in the Civil Rights Movement and a bipartisan delegate of congressmen want the United States…
Filmmaker Spike Lee made national headlines when he decided to publicly boycott fellow director Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained. Lee called the slavery revenge flick disrespectful to his ancestors and said he refused to watch it. However, Lee’s comments are clearly not the view of all Black America as civil rights activist Dick Gregory has spoken out…
Quentin Tarantino’s much-talked about film “Django Unchained” starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson and Leonardo DiCaprio, opened on Christmas day. While the movie has its supporters, several have spoken out in criticism of the slavery-inspired film. Spike Lee is the latest to add his voice to the conversation around “Django” in a recent…
It’s been over 50 years since the Broadway hit, Porgy and Bess, was last adapted for the silver screen. In 1959, Otto Preminger helmed a production which paired Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier in the title roles, and it’s become the definitive movie version of the story, which is ultimately based on a 1925 novel,…
Brazil has been making the rounds on the black interwebs lately, and for good reason. The only Portuguese-speaking country in South America, Brazil has the world’s sixth largest economy and the largest black population outside of Africa. The country is also gearing up to host one of the biggest sporting events on the globe, World Cup…
Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast: “Each artist should be allowed to pursue their artistic endeavors but I still think there is a lot of stuff out today that is “coonery” and buffoonery. I know it’s making a lot of money and breaking records, but we…
