Ahead of the final season of ‘The Chi,’ creator Lena Waithe and the cast reflected on character development, responsibility, and the emotional storytelling shaping the season.
The cast of ‘The Chi’ celebrated their achievement as the longest running Black drama in TV history and teased what’s to come in the 8th and final season.
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.
Hillman Grad Productions, by Lena Waithe, celebrated Tribeca Film Festival this past week with the premiere of Rising Voices.
On March 8, Amazon Prime unveiled a sneak preview at the series along with a discussion with creator, Little Marvin.
Cast and crew of Lena Waithe’s millennial lineup on BET gathered in New York on Monday, February 10, 2020 to debut Season 2 of Boomerang and Season 1 of Twenties, ahead of March air dates.
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.
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.
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.”
Represenation matters which is why entertainment industry leaders pay it forward by pairing up with the next generation’s storytellers!
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