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Meet the Man in Black: An intimate interview with Will Smith
On a sunny day in May I sat down with Will Smith to discuss his new film Men in Black Three, the third [and some would argue best] in the popular science fiction trilogy. We also talked about what he’s been doing in the three years since he stepped away from acting raising undeniably talented…
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Casting agent dismissed after seeking extras with ‘light skin tones’
Video footage shows the casting agent telling people at an audition, “We are looking for light-skinned people. I’m not trying to be … whatever. It’s just the brief.
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For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry, and the Black male image in the media
“I am an African-American male and I know multitudes of black fathers and mothers who are raising their families and living responsibly. These Tyler Perry clowns are the exception, not the rule.”
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America’s highest honor for a career in film to be presented to Morgan Freeman
“Morgan Freeman is an American treasure. Whether playing a prisoner, a president or God, he embodies a calm authority that demands respect for the character and for the art form.
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Will Smith to produce movie About Black explorer and neuroscience professor Dr. S. Allen Counter
Counter discovered a group of African-descended people in the Andes in 1993 and produced another documentary, “Lost Africans in the Andes.”
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New documentary portays the journey of 1st AA women Filmakers
Inside the Digital Moving Image Salon takes us on the journey of one of the first African American women filmmakers and animators of our time, Ayoka Chenzira