“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

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

Pimp In Distress or Crazy & Cool? My Throwback Chat With Katt Williams

When hip-hop’s Three Six Mafia composed the Oscar-winning song “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” they probably didn’t use the life of comedian Katt Williams for inspiration, but they could have!