theGrio sat down with Festival Director Tabitha Jackson and Director of Programming Kim Yutani to discuss some of the selections The Sundance Institute has unveiled its official list of new independent work for the Feature Film, Indie Episodic, and New Frontier categories for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival showcase. There’s a lot to look forward to when…
If conservative officials and lawmakers insist on continuing their propaganda-reliant war on Critical Race Theory, I just wish they would do so while leaving Black vernacular out of it. The word “woke” began as a simple thing—Black people’s natural way of describing the socially aware. Then white people got a hold of the word. We…
Lori Harvey took to Instagram on Wednesday, Dec. 15, to debut her fiery new look. This change comes days after the 24-year-old participated in the 70th-annual Miss Universe pageant as a judge. Her stepfather Steve Harvey hosted the ceremony, which took place in Eilat, Israel. Lori Harvey stuns fans with her fiery new look. Photo:@loriharvey/Instagram…
Colvin refused to give up her bus seat nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. A judge in Montgomery, Alabama has expunged the juvenile court record of Claudette Colvin, the Black woman who famously refused to let a white person take her city bus seat on March 2, 1955 — nine months before fellow…
OPINION: If the president is serious about building back better, he needs to honor the sacrifices Black women have made by ensuring that paid family and medical leave remains in his economic plan. Families, parents, and caregivers bring their stories and voices to Capitol Hill to call on Congress to include paid family and medical…
Mathew Knowles is praising the “King Richard” film starring Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis while also calling out the people who have criticized it. The father of four, who, akin to the real-life Richard Williams, has been a major influence in his daughter Beyoncè Knowles’ music career, reposted a screenshot of the cover art for…
A painting in Harris’ current exhibit at the Irwin House Gallery in Detroit has gone viral A painting by an emerging Detroit artist has gone viral for its depiction of critical race theory’s (CRT) erasure of African American history. Jonathan Harris’ art depicts a white woman holding a roller paint brush and painting white over…
Bel-Air is described as a “contemporary dramatic retelling” of the popular sitcom, with Will Smith himself signing on as an executive producer Fresh Prince fans, rejoice! The upcoming reboot of the classic sitcom has announced its official premiere date: Super Bowl Sunday. Bel-Air, which is described as a “contemporary dramatic reimagining” of the original show, is officially…
Mayor Breed said she wants her fellow crime-impacted Frisco residents to be “less tolerant of all the bulls–t that has destroyed our city.” London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, is fed up with the rash of robberies that have plagued the region. “It’s time the reign of criminals who are destroying our city, it…
A Black man wrongly convicted of murdering Malcolm X is suing New York state for $20 million. Muhammed Aziz, now 83, spent 20 years behind bars on a first-degree murder charge in Malcolm X’s death. He was convicted alongside two other men, Mujahid Halim and Khalil Islam, in 1966. Aziz was released in 1985. Islam…
