Singer and songwriter Jai’Len Josey put on a passionate performance at the Campfire Concert hosted at A Forest for the Trees in Downtown Los Angeles.
Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe Supports Mentees at Annual AT&T Filmmaker Mentorship Program Premiere
The AT&T Filmmaker Mentorship Program kicked off their third year with the debut of five short films written and directed by ten of the program’s mentees at Neuehouse in Hollywood last Thursday night. Mentees received the full star treatment as they were photographed and did interviews on the black carpet.
Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas Talk “Queen & Slim” at Brooklyn’s CultureCon
Queen & Slim starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie-Turner Smith screened October 10th to an audience at Brooklyn’s Culture Con. The film, written by Emmy winner Lena Waithe and two time Grammy winner Melina Matsoukas follows the story of Queen (Turner-Smith) and Slim (Kaluuya), who after their first date, are on the run from the law after shooting and killing a police officer in self-defense during a traffic stop.
Exclusive: Cast of BET’s ‘Boomerang’ Talk About Working with Lena Waithe, and More
Twenty-seven years after the release of the 1992 film “Boomerang,” which starred Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry, Robin Givens, Eartha Kitt, and Grace Jones, BET is helping to pick up the story from the film decades later, with their new series aptly titled “Boomerang.”
Has anyone had a bigger calendar year than Lena Waithe? From her groundbreaking Emmy win for “Master of None,” creating and executive producing TV’s best new show, “The Chi,” to her role in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming “Ready Player One,” she’s squarely in the driver’s seat.