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Ma Rainey Director George C. Wolfe Teams Up With the Obamas' Higher Ground for Upcoming Bayard Rustin Biopic
Fresh off the critically acclaimed film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which is currently racking up hella award nominations, Netflix has announced a brand new project from its accomplished director George C. Wolfe. https://www.theroot.com/ma-rainey-director-george-c-wolfe-on-the-legacy-of-rac-1845954888 According to a press release sent to The Root, the masterful playwright will direct Rustin, a biopic centering around gay civil rights…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 15: Minnie Riperton's Perfect Angel (1974)
I love this album cover for Perfect Angel. For starters, it has an innocent feel to it, but that melted ice cream tells another tale. Plus, she outchea with the overalls with no shirt on. So it’s both innocent and sexy, with an afro for the ages. Once you consider that Minnie Riperton has a…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 14: Marvin Gaye's I Want You (1976)
It’s Valentine’s Day so it only makes sense to include an album cover for an album about that good lovin’. Marvin Gaye’s I Want You is that album. And there might not be a Blacker album cover. Gaye’s 1976 album used Ernie Barnes’ famous “Sugar Shack” painting—altered to include banners for the title of Marvin…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 13: Preston Love's Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q (1969)
Have you ever seen an album cover that had you at hello? For me, that album cover would be Preston Love’s Preston Love’s Omaha Bar-B-Q (featuring Shuggie Otis on Guitar). I’d never heard of Preston Love. Or at least I didn’t know I had. You see, you know Preston Love even if you don’t know…
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9 Movies Embodying the Diversity of Black Love Across Decades
‘Twas the Friday before Valentine’s Day And all through the house Not a creature was stirring Because we cannot go out. *Sigh* It’s Valentine’s Day again. I am a total romantic and have Valentine’s Day traditions dating back five years that I can’t do because my favorite restaurant is closed—for safety reasons—and I refuse to…
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‘I Know I Failed’: Justin Timberlake Issues Long-Awaited Apology to Janet Jackson and Britney Spears
Another day, another celeb apology. Only this time, it’s LONG overdue. On Friday, Variety reported that Man of the Woods artist Justin Timberlake officially issued an apology to pop superstar Britney Spears and icon Janet Jackson. You may recall Jackson and Timberlake’s 2004 Super Bowl performance when Timberlake tugged on a piece of Jackson’s outfit,…
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2021 SXSW Online Taps Stacey Abrams As Keynote Speaker, Announces Full Speaker Sessions and Film Festival Slate
The annual SXSW festival and conference series has announced the full keynote and featured speaker lineup and film festival slate for 2021. According to SXSW, this year, political icon and best-selling author Stacey Abrams will be joining award-winning writer N.K. Jemisin, author of the New York Times bestselling book The City We Became, for a…
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'I Was Just Consistently Blown Away': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Honors Four Hundred Souls With Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
It’s been just over 400 years since the unintentional founding of Black America—when “20 or so odd Negroes” in captivity were delivered to the shores of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. In the intervening centuries, much—and yet, not enough—has changed. This much-needed conversation was only brought into its full historical context at the national (and even…
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PageTurners: Children's Books Guaranteed to Make Everyone Smile
Children’s books have moved from being about bunnies and flowers (though I dig those) to tackling hard-hitting topics such as race, gentrification and gender. Giving children the opportunity to learn and make their own decisions about those hard-hitting topics through books and reading is powerful…especially during Black History Month. I Affirm Me: The ABCs of…
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Rap Sh*t: HBO Max Announces New Comedy Series Order from Issa Rae
City Girls from the 305 and beyond, we’re about to get a new series from Issa Rae and it sounds lit AF! Per a press release sent to The Root, HBO Max has given an eight episode order to a half-hour comedy series from Rae, currently titled Rap Sh*t. Rae will pen the pilot script and…