For Black History Month, the cinema is hosting a six-film retrospective shining a spotlight on groundbreaking performances ...

“You’re starting to see Black people coming into your home through the television, and Black music through AM radio, and the ...

"You're starting to see Black people coming in to your home through the television, and Black music through AM radio, and the superstar phenomenon of Sidney Poitier in movies," said Michael Dennis, a ...

It was Martin Luther King Jr. who had the dream. But it was the pop songwriters of the 1960s who set it to music. And a few brave TV producers who put it on the tube. And a few exceptional ...

Jeffrey Wright credits his “ Highest 2 Lowest ” director Spike Lee for encouraging a career “high” of his own: making his ...

In 1950, Sidney Poitier earned his first role in a Hollywood film, and he created a legacy of not only incredible acting but also subverting expectations and becoming one of the most influential ...

the legendary actor and director Sidney Poitier died at the age of 94 ... Daniel Petrie)’s in the rearview — having screened Feb. 5 — the following three Poitier films will be screened throughout the ...

William Stanford Davis, affectionately known as Stan, has been acting for 40 years. With an NAACP Image Award and more than ...

“Nickel Boys” — first a novel by Colson Whitehead, now the feature narrative debut of filmmaker RaMell Ross — tackles a lot ...