The truth behind the myths America still protects.

AND PRODUCED BY THREE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PROFESSORS DEBUTS ON MAJOR STREAMING SERVICES TOMORROW. IT’S ABOUT ONE FAMILY’S BRAVE AND RESILIENT EFFORTS TO GAIN FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY IN THE PRE-CIVIL ...

NEW YORK — Even before “Slave Play” burst onto Broadway in 2019, producers and studios were already urging Jeremy O. Harris to adapt his play into a film or a TV show. “My first thought,” the ...

Paro: The Untold Story of Bride Slavery advances in the Oscar race, spotlighting trafficking, Paro women, and social injustice.

When 12 Years a Slave opened nationally last November, it launched endless conversations about the legacy of slavery and race in America. Director Steve McQueen’s hauntingly graphic depiction of ...

A powerful African historical epic, ‘Ireke: Rise of the Maroons,’ is poised to make its global cinema debut on July 25, in what promises to be a landmark moment for African storytelling on the world ...

PHILADELPHIA – Monica Mingo had sworn off watching slave movies after seeing the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave”: The horrifying depictions of black people being beaten, raped, and dehumanized became ...

When I pitched that I wanted to make a gangster movie, in Malaysia there are a lot of Malayan gangster movies, so they said no more gangster genre [movies]. I said, it’s not a typical gangster movie.

In a talk before opening the London fest, the Oscar winner spoke about love, the "deafening silence" on slavery before '12 Years a Slave' (and meeting Prince during that Oscar weekend): "If Obama was ...