The Black Lives Matter social movement is expanding to become a platform for the arts, culture, and fashion. Led by the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors, the new BLM Arts+Culture platform aims to support and promote the work of African American artists, while also raising awareness to the significant role of art when […]
Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley has weighed in, offering more much needed criticism to the landscape of critical acclaim that surrounds Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. Riley took to Twitter to present his detailed critique, opening with the following disclaimer: “This is not as much an aesthetic critique of the masterful craftwork of this film as […]
Since starring as Rue in the celebrated Hunger Games franchise, Amandla Stenberg has discovered her own voice in Hollywood. Typically finding her home in indie adaptations of young adult novels such as Nicole Yoon’s Everything, Everything, the budding actress is following this trend as she headlines the adaptation of Angie Thomas’s best-selling novel The Hate […]
“When a black man walks, think of it as a masterpiece, a beautiful song that you may only hear once. Cherish it. You may never hear it again.” These are the haunting words of Neiel Israel from her poem “When a Black Man Walks,” that unfortunately ring true. For National Poetry Month, we’ve curated a […]