'Super Fly' musical heading to Broadway
theGRIO REPORT - More than 40 years after becoming a cult classic Blaxploitation film, 'Super Fly' is heading to Broadway as a musical...
Pam Grier biopic: Will Halle Berry be the star?
theGRIO REPORT - Pam Grier's autobiography 'Foxy: My Life in Three Acts' is being adapted into a biopic for the big screen. Grier reportedly wants Halle Berry to play her in the film...
Slideshow: The greatest black film soundtracks
SLIDESHOW - When was the last time you listened to (or downloaded) an entire CD from beginning to end? Chances are, it was the last time you heard a good soundtrack...
From 'Omar' to 'Chalky': Modern black heroes
OPINION - His very appearance can be alternately menacing or tender, owing in part to a highly visible scar that runs across his face...
'Sweet Sweetback' at 40: The birth of modern black film revisited
OPINION - Times have changed, yet some of the circumstances surrounding black filmmaking have not...
How Lumet's 'The Wiz' became a black cult classic
OPINION - Does 'The Wiz' hold a candle to Lumet's most seminal work -- hardly. But it's still a fascinating part of an incredible career that has sadly come to an end...
Nicki Minaj as 'Bride of Blackenstein': Funny or infuriating?
OPINION - While many found her performance hilarious (peep the audience cackling), others cringed at the seemingly stereotypical rendering of Nicki's character...
Blaxploitation star Vonetta McGee dies at 65
McGee was no fan of the "blaxploitation" label that was attached to many of the films featuring black casts in the '70s...
From farm girl to 'Foxy Brown': Pam Grier tells all
REVIEW - The previously private Grier finally lets loose in her new memoir 'Foxy: My Life in Three Acts' and you see how truly fierce she is...
