After three hours and zero wins for the actors and director Steve McQueen, “12 Years A Slave” pulled a jaw dropping upset by walking away…
After Oprah and Lupita Nyong’o's critically acclaimed performances in “The Butler” and “12 Years A Slave,” respectively, we know we’ll be seeing their faces across…
In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. On January 3, 1853, he regained his…
An Italian distributor for awards-season favorite 12 Years a Slave had a lot of explaining to do after releasing posters focused on Brad Pitt and…
“12 Years A Slave”, “Fruitvale Station” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” each received a whopping nine nominations from the Black Reel Awards. All three films…
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor celebrates the success of his film, “12 Years A Slave” with a cover of this month’s “Variety” magazine. Though Ejiofor has been…
2013 will go down in history as the year Black cinema turned a corner. While mainstream outlets like the NY Times declared 2013 the “breakout year in…
“12 Years A Slave” gains more momentum in the awards race as the African-American Film Critics Association named it the Best Picture of 2013. Steve…
Nominations for the 2014 Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning and some fan favorites are definitely in the running. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Idris Elba were each…
2013 proved to be a windfall for Black male biopics – “Fruitvale Station,” “12 Years A Slave,” and “42″ all proved to be box office…
After being snubbed by last week’s Gotham Awards, “12 Years A Slave” won a whopping six awards from Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)…
Patsey stole the show in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and now the woman behind the character, Lupita Nyong’o, is stealing our hearts as the…
