Atlanta, GA – Legendary actress Pam Grier hosted an evening of action-oriented, women-kicking-butt movies on Bounce TV last week in anticipation of the new motion picture Proud Mary, starring Taraji P. Henson. Bounce’s Leading Ladies Takeover kicked off with Baby Boy, starring Henson in her big screen debut. Jennifer Lopez as a U.S. Marshall in […]
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“Sharecrop” Documentary Features Stories From Former Sharecroppers
Rocky Point, NC (BlackNews.com)- Stack Stories LLC is pleased to announce that the SHARECROP documentary is now available for theatrical, educational and community screenings through TUGG.com. SHARECROP (Stack Stories 2017) is a 90-minute documentary that features stories from ten people who sharecropped between 1930 and 1960. Dr. C Sade Turnipseed, Professor of History at Mississippi […]
NABJ Remembers Veteran Broadcaster Amanda Davis
Washington, DC – National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) members are saddened by yet another loss with the sudden passing of Amanda Davis, an Atlanta veteran news anchor. As this year comes to an end, NABJ remembers those we have lost, including Davis and other influential members who are some of the most renown journalists […]
Grammy Winning Singer and Actor, Tyrese Gibson, to Perform at UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball
Atlanta, GA – Multi-talented singer, songwriter, actor, author and television producer Tyrese Gibson will perform at the 34th Annual UNCF Atlanta Mayor’s Masked Ball. UNCF’s signature fundraising gala and premier social event of the holiday season, will be held on Saturday, December 16, 2017, 6:30 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta. Rodney Bullard, […]
Community Activists Honored by Real Life Urban Super Hero, DangerMan, at 2nd Annual DangerMan Hero Awards
Los Angeles – America’s Real Life Urban Super Hero, DangerMan, will once again honor the heroics of local community activists at the 2nd Annual 2017 DangerMan Hero Awards Show, to be held the evening of Saturday, December 9 at the California African American Museum (CAAM). The highly anticipated event will begin at 6:00 p.m. with […]
’70’s Soul Singer The Natural Four’s Chris Bell Pens Revealing Memoir “Music Saved My Live”
Atlanta, GA – A good old school love song can take you on a journey and incite the resurgence of memories long gone. The 1973 hit “Can This Be Real” is a prime example. The melody was a Top 40 break through on the R&B charts and The Natural Four were the singular force behind […]
Full-Length Trailer for Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story Of Black Colleges and Universities Unveiled
Film’s Multi-Platform Engagement Campaign, HBCU Rising, Features a Crowdsourced HBCU Digital Yearbook Archive and 10-City HBCU Tour New York, NY– Stanley Nelson, the preeminent storyteller of the African-American experience and Firelight Films, the award-winning production company committed to making films about pivotal events, movements, and people in American history, today unveiled a new full-length trailer […]
Urban Movie Channel Announces New Fall Comedy Series MINIMUM WAGE
Following its new hit comedy summer series, UMC – Urban Movie Channel is excited to announce the premiere of MINIMUM WAGE, an amusing new six-episode workplace comedy that centers around a struggling Koreatown burger joint forced to make radical changes to keep its doors open. Minimum Wage is from the original web series “Foodies,” winner […]
Flint: Official Trailer #2
“Flint” is the gripping retelling of a crisis that shook a nation and shines a light on the whistleblowers who exposed the biggest environmental scandal of our generation. LeeAnne Walters (Betsy Brandt, “Breaking Bad”), Melissa Mays (Marin Ireland, “Sneaky Pete”) and Nayyirah Shariff (Jill Scott, “Steel Magnolias”) join forces after discovering that the drinking water […]