Tika Sumpter most known for her role in The Haves & The Have Nots is going to be featured as the most powerful black woman in the free world-Michelle Obama. The film chronicles the beginning of a friendship turned love story over the course of time that began with one hesitant date. The audience will have an opportunity to be inspired by a glimpse of the very private marriage held between the Obama's.
In addition to starring in this highly anticipated film, Mic reports Tika also worked as a producer for the project written and directed by Richard Tanne. You can see her alongside Parker Sawyers as President Barack Obama inSouth Side With You, debuting at the Sundance film festivalon January 21st.
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Cecile Emeke is most known for her two webseries strolling and Ackee & Saltfish. But Emeke always seems to be working on something new. In one of her latest projects ‘Lines,’ which was a collaboration with Dazed & Confused, the filmmaker asks, “What’s really in a song?” She asks this question to Black women who dissect lyrics from Missy Elliott’s ‘Work It’ and Destiny’s Child’s ‘Nasty Gal’ among other once popular songs that still have a place in pop culture today.
Of the Destiny’s Child hit, women discuss the difference in how they felt listening to the song in their adolescence versus now as an adult. They note the sense of respectability politics in the lyrics. Tune into their discussion in the video below.
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Writer and director Sharon Lewis is working on the first Caribbean-Canadian sci-fi feature film, inspired by Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring. Lewis is currently raising funds for the project, which was selected by the Canadian Film Centre as part of their exclusive partnership with Indiegogo.
If you’re unfamiliar with Brown Girl in the Ring, here’s the description from Goodreads:
Bree Newsome continues to amaze us. The courageous activist who took down the Confederate Flag in South Carolina is also an award winning artist and creative. Before becoming one of our heroes, she created a short film titled "WAKE."
In an interview for AOL’s MAKERS series, Ava DuVernay shared her thoughts on the lack of women in film and how her identity as a black woman filmmaker.
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