OPINION: If Quentin Tarantino is the barrier preventing you from luxuriating in the beauty of this Black love story, you should take off the white-gaze glasses and let the brilliance of a great Black film wash over you. Yes, Django Unchained is a Black film. Its story centers on the life of a Black character,…
EXCLUSIVE: Creator Bruce W. Smith and executive producer Ralph Farquhar break down the updates to the beloved series The Proud Family is days away from coming back, and theGrio has an exclusive first-look clip with the creative team, who talk all things The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, and why they decided to bring it…
A third accuser filed a $20 million lawsuit against the singer on Tuesday, according to The Daily Beast Warning: This story includes graphic sexual language that may be triggering or upsetting. The list of women accusing R&B star Tremaine Neverson, aka Trey Songz, of sexual assault continues to grow. On Tuesday, a third accuser filed…
The second installment of the Costume Institute’s ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’ features Janicza Bravo, Julie Dash, Regina King, Ann Lowe, and more. With the SAG Awards, as well as those celebrating the Independent Spirit, Directors Guild, Writers Guild, and Oscars all scheduled before April dawns, it’s safe to say awards season is already…
The “Bel-Air” re-imagining is putting a dramatic twist on a beloved sitcom for a more modern-day feel a new generation could relate to and love as did fans the original in the early ’90s. However, it’s also taking a different look at some of the present-day issues affecting the Black community. Only three episodes in,…
The documentary, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change, is coming to Hulu Aftershock, one of the biggest films to come out of Sundance, has officially been acquired by Onyx Collective and ABC News following rave reviews. As theGrio previously reported, Aftershock, a documentary on the maternal health crisis in…
The body cam footage was released Tuesday, as part of a 26-minute “critical incident briefing.” The St. Louis County Police Department released body camera footage showing the harrowing moment officers fired 20 shots, killing Jeremi Moore in Ferguson, Missouri. As reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the incident occurred on the night of Dec. 12,…
During Black History Month, theGrio’s weekly series, “The Secret History of…” will explore the lesser-known details of some of the most popular stories from Black history. Today we examine one of the greatest freedom fighters in American history. On August 12, 1846, 12 men representing every state that still enslaved human beings assembled at a…
The state attorney general’s lawsuit accuses the foundry’s owners of failing to warn the local community about its toxic chemical emissions and the exposure risks they pose. The state of California is accusing the owners of an East Oakland metal foundry of emitting “highly toxic,” cancer-causing chemicals into the surrounding Latino and Black neighborhood, according to…
Source: Robert Alexander / Getty I have been asked what does it, this historic nomination, mean to me? Anna Julia Cooper, Black American author, teacher and activist for Black liberation, once said, “Only a Black woman can say when and where I enter, in the quiet undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without…
