Living within the Frame
Commentary Sep 23, 2025
A critique of the movie, Sinners When I first saw Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, I was thrilled. Here was a modern, vibrant film made by a Black filmmaker, brimming with style and confidence. I admired it. I felt its freshness. And yet, I also knew I had to…
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, brother, partner and uncle Menelik Shabazz, age 67.
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No doubt taking its cues from the global fiscal and critical success of Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film Black Panther and also the racially divided national politics of the US, David Lindelof has revamped the superhero Watchmen series to address the actual history of anti-Black violence in the United States... Read more
INTERVIEW: Monty Ross – A Film Producer’s Journey
FeaturesInterviews October 3, 2019
Monty Ross is part of a vanguard that took the independent filmmaking industry and world by storm, helping to make Spike Lee a household name and his production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, legendary. Ross and Spike Lee began their relationship as teenagers when they met at... Read more
The New Path
Features June 13, 2019
Commentary on African American filmmaking exploring new terrain from the shadows of the past At the annual South by Southwest Film Festival this past March the movie which garnered the most attention and acclaim was the film Jezebel, the first feature film by filmmaker and artist Numa Perrier. In... Read more
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Living within the Frame
CommentaryFeatures September 23, 2025