LeVar Burton (Courtesy Image/change.org) By AFRO Staff By any account, Alex Trebek has left some large shoes to fill. The beloved, Emmy Award-winning game-show host, who presided over the fan-favorite […]
Category: TV and Film
Black People Mourn The Loss of Alex Trebek
A shrine to the late “Jeopardy” quiz show host Alex Trebek is pictured near his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Los Angeles. Trebek […]
The Life Ahead Film Review
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic Upon hearing the premise of this film, involving an 86-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor and a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant, you might think you’re […]
Netflix Raising U.S. Streaming Prices Amid Booming Growth
Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices by 8% to 13% as its video streaming service rides a wave of rising popularity spurred by government-imposed lockdowns that corralled people […]
Maryland Actress Stars in The Walking Dead Spinoff
Actress Aliyah Royale, star of The Walking Dead: World Beyond. (Courtesy Aliyah Royale) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Though LA-based actress Aliyah Royale left Maryland when she was […]
Sean Connery, the ‘Original’ James Bond, Dies at 90
Sir Sean Connery attends the 7th Annual ‘Dressed To Kilt’ charity fashion show to kick off Tartan Week on Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) By […]
Spell Film Review
Omari Hardwick and Loretta Devine in Spell By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic Omari Hardwick’s and Loretta Devine’s performances elevate this horror/suspense/thriller in ways the script may never […]
Synchronic Film Review
Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie costar in SYNCHRONIC By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic Should partygoers put down their Molly and try a tab of Synchronic? This cautionary […]
PRESS ROOM: BHERC Announces Films and Filmmakers for the 26th
(Image courtesy NNPA) Over 140 films selected from over 1500 entries from the US and twenty countries around the world will stream online this year due to the COVID – […]
Black Voices Are Loud and Clear at New York Film Festival
Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove” tells the story of the Mangrove Nine, Black defendants put on trial in 1971 after taking part in protests against police raids of the Mangrove restaurant in […]
Step Afrika Founder Honored as ‘Creative Force’ in Strathmore’s Monuments
Step Afrika! Founder C. Brian Williams is one of the artists featured in “Monuments: Creative Forces,” at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor […]
ANTHRÔP 8 … is Coming Home to Baltimore
ANTHRÔP 8 … is Coming Home to Baltimore!!! Milestone film documents Baltimore’s emerging presence as a sustainable fashion hub Bonneau Caprece LLC presents a special screening and virtual streaming of […]