Barack and Michelle Obama are often framed as #relationshipgoals, but before they were the most powerful couple in the world, they were two attorneys who met in a prestigious law firm in Chicago. Southside with You dramatizes their first date. Barack Obama is played by Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter portrays Michelle Robinson. Michelle, who was Barack's superior at the firm they worked for, starts their relationship with hesitation, but she is soon won over by his passion.
Though this is a premise that could easily go wrong, the film looks great. It is set to come theaters in August 2016.
Beyoncé is trying something new. Or at least that's what it looks like.
A trailer for her new short film "Lemonade" debuted, and it features Beyoncé in varied New Orleans locales looking pretty angry. She's even seen smashing a New Orleans Police Department camera with a bat.
The trailer for "Nina" was terrible. Watching it was an affront to all of our sensibilities, and Evelyn from the Internets captured, completely, how we felt when we saw it. In her very own way, Evelyn vocalized the horror of seeing Zoe's terrible makeup job in action.
"They got Zoe Saldana on here looking like Norbit," Even muses. As the trailer went on, she wasn't able to get over it. "Why her face look like paper mache?"
Her words were hilarious and true. "This is unacceptable." It really, really is.
Netflix's hit show Orange Is the New Black is coming back for a third season on June 12th. Alex is back at Litchfield, and it looks like Vee is gone. The rest of the cast looks like they're back to their old shenanigans.
After that train wreck of an Aaliyah biopic, I'll admit my expectations for the upcoming 'Whitney' biopic, set to air in January, are depressingly low.
Lacey Schwartz grew up believing that she looked different from her the rest of her Jewish family because of a dark-skinned Sicillian grandmother. It wasn't until she was an adult that her mother revealed that her biological father was a Black man she'd had an affair with.
Ytasha Womack, author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, is currently Kickstarting for a film a new film project. Bar Star City follows a group of regulars at a Southside Chicago bar who "appear ordinary but are quite extraordinary." Womack will write and direct the film.
Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" delves deep into the struggle for racial equality led by Martin Luther King Jr.. In 1965, King headed a historic march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL in an effort to reform policies that barred Blacks from voting.
Lifetime has released the first full trailer for Aaliyah: Princess of R&B. Controvery has followed the project since it's announcement, but now we're getting a first look at the TV movie.
Gina Price-Bythewood's forthcoming film "Beyond the Lights" will be her first full-length feature film since 2008's "The Secret Life of Bees" though she may be best known for writing and directing 2000's "Love and Basketball."
"Beyond the Light" stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw ("Belle") and Nate Parker ("The Great Debaters"), Danny Glover, and Minnie Driver.
On October 17, Justin Simien's 'Dear White People' will be in theaters. The racial satire stars Tessa Thompson as Sam, a college student who uses her campus radio show to expose the overt and indirect racism she and her classmates endure. At Sundance, the movie won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent.
Yes! A Black movie that's not a comedy or a romance!
'No Good Deed' starring Taraji P. Henson and Idris Elba will hit theaters September 12.
The film is a high action thriller that tells the story of a mom and wife (Henson) whose idyllic life takes a turn when she and her family are threatened by a dangerous stranger (Elba) who talks his way into her house. That invitation leaves Henson's character fighting for her life.
A new documentary will explore the financial misconduct of Black churches. The film describes itself as "an eye-opening expose about controversial issues clouding the church including “love offerings” (cash payments given to ministers), financial abuse and the deification of the mega-church pastor." The film will be available on DVD and digital download at Amazon.com, Google Play, iTunes and www.moguldomstudios.com.
Next month Lifetime will will debut a reality show that follow the upper crust of St. Louis. 'BAPs' or Black American Princesses will tell the story of a group of Black upper middle class friends: Anisha, Kristen, Gina, Jason, Riccarda and Brandon.
Those who express concerns about reality shows often complain that they focus on stereotypical depictions of Black life. This looks like something different.
BAPs premieres Wednesday, July 23 at 10 p.m. EST on Lifetime.
Season 2 of Orange is the New Black is coming to Netflix June 6. The trailer for the new season has arrived, and we're excited to see Lorraine Toussaint added to the cast.
Lifetime will soon be airing a small screen adaptation of Terry McMillan's bestseller A Day Late and a Dollar Short. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg and Ving Rhames as an estranged couple and Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Tichina Arnold, and Mekhi Phifer as their adult children.
The Summer of Gods is a short film about a troubled girl named Lili who unites with her Afro-Brazilian religious ancestry on a summer visit with family to their ancestral village in rural Brazil. Soon after her arrival, she encounters Orishas (African gods) who join with her grandmother to help her find peace with a gift that has previously vexed her. The film is set in the Northeast of Brazil where Afro-Brazilian religious traditions remain strong. Lili's Grandma is a well revered local priestess who honors the Orishas. Lili is blessed by the goddesses as well. To preserve tradition, they lead her on a mystical adventure through a nearby forest which symbolizes her initiation into the tradition.
, is currently Kickstarting for a film a new film project. Bar Star City follows a group of regulars at a Southside Chicago bar who "appear ordinary but are quite extraordinary." Womack will write and direct the film.
. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg and Ving Rhames as an estranged couple and Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Tichina Arnold, and Mekhi Phifer as their adult children.