“I don’t care if they like me. I didn’t come here to make friends. I don’t even care if they respect me, I know who I am. I got enough respect for myself. But I do not want them to beat me.” Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, 42 (2013). Thanks to the artificially-glamorized… Continue reading “The Struggles Along The Way….Shape You For Your Purpose”: Chadwick A. Boseman, 1976-2020
Category: Stage & Screen
Television and film/play reviews, interviews with actors, directors and others
“…Expanding our real estate as women of color”: Hitting the “High Note” with Tracee Ellis Ross
As she appears on the computer screen for AAFCA’s Virtual roundtable, Tracee Ellis Ross is the picture of casual glam: bare arms, elegant gold jewelry and her signature mane smoothed back to emphasize her expressive eyes and a mega-watt, magenta-from-MAC painted smile. Clearly excited about the video-on-demand release of her first-ever feature film, The High… Continue reading “…Expanding our real estate as women of color”: Hitting the “High Note” with Tracee Ellis Ross
“It has Never Been More Important Than Now To Promote Awareness About… Worthy Content”: The Gil Robertson/AAFCA Q&A
“Lorrie, look…..isn’t that Eddie Murphy walking right in over there?” It was a warm yet misty November night: I was surrounded by 30-odd fellow members of the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and we were sitting at assorted tables and marble countertops, sipping on cocktails and nibbling petit fours after the private Netflix-hosted screening of… Continue reading “It has Never Been More Important Than Now To Promote Awareness About… Worthy Content”: The Gil Robertson/AAFCA Q&A
Award Noms & Adoration For Natural “Hair Love”
A couple of months ago, I was washing my hands in the sink at work and my co-worker Rhonda walked in. It was a Monday and we were discussing what we did with our weekends and the latest on her teenage son, who was now working his first job. I shared that we all did… Continue reading Award Noms & Adoration For Natural “Hair Love”
A Night With Dolemite: Eddie Murphy, Netflix and the AAFCA
“Hey man, how did my life get so damn small? I was gonna do it all, like Sammy Davis Jr: movies, concerts, TV, everything. I ain’t got nothing nobody want.” Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, Dolemite Is My Name Picture it: Cleveland OH, early 1970s: A living room hazy with cigarette smoke, a card… Continue reading A Night With Dolemite: Eddie Murphy, Netflix and the AAFCA