Curator's Notes

Whitney Houston’s posthumous turn: As star of Sparkle

The death of Whitney Houston at the age of 48 is a deep loss for the music world. But it also has reverberations in another

February 12, 2012 3 Comments

Red Tails aka The Tuskegee Airmen by George Lucas

It was a long time ago – 1994, to be precise – when George Lucas produced his last film that was not connected to his “Indiana Jones”

January 16, 2012 1 Comment

Celebrating MLK Day Our Way

Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 animated children’s educational film about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American civil rights movement.

January 16, 2012 No Comments

Florence Ballard Biopic. Maybe!

It has been a while since we last checked in on the maybe/maybe not biopic about the life of fallen Supreme Florence Ballard, but film blog

January 1, 2012 No Comments

Bounce TV Acquires Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids

Has anyone been watching the new Black TV network, Bounce TV? And if so, what are your thoughts on the programming thus far? It’s still a

December 9, 2011 No Comments

On The Shoulders Of Giants

The feature-length documentary On the Shoulders of Giants honors a group of sports pioneers who have been all but forgotten to time, and it celebrates

December 5, 2011 No Comments

Mary J Channels Nina

Mary J. Blige spent the summer researching the life of late jazz and blues legend Nina Simone for an upcoming biopic.

December 5, 2011 No Comments

Samuel L. Ipsum

Now I don’t know if you will ever have a need for Ipsum copy – the dummy text that is usually in latin that you

November 22, 2011 No Comments

Tribute To Michael Jackson

This is our pictorial tribute, in no particular order, to the life of the late king of pop.

October 15, 2011 No Comments

Thunder Soul

This Friday marks the release of Jamie Foxx’s executive produced music documentary titled ‘Thunder Soul.’ The docu-pic follows the alumni from Houston’s acclaimed 1970’s Kashmere

October 7, 2011 No Comments

‘Super Fly’ Musical Struts A Step Closer To The New York Stage

Could blaxploitation meet Broadway? It’s an obvious question that comes up with news that Bill T. Jones, the director and choreographer, will spend three weeks

October 6, 2011 No Comments