New Angela Davis film recalls her powerful rise
REVIEW - Many words describe Angela Davis – radical, intellectual, Communist, feminist, rebel, scholar, revolutionary– but the story of her life can be defined by one: justice...
Film: 'Why do you have black dolls?'
theGRIO REPORT - 'Why Do You Have Black Dolls?', a short documentary film inspired by an 8-year-old's question, explores the historical and cultural significance of the black doll...
Filmmaker documents sexism, misogyny in hip-hop
Byron Hurt is an award-winning filmmaker, activist and lecturer. But most of all, he is a brother who takes on issues like sexism, misogyny and hyper-masculinity in hip-hop...
VH1 explores hip-hop and cocaine in doc 'Planet Rock'
NEW YORK (AP) - The two-hour special will air Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. Eastern. It was executive produced by rapper-actor Ice-T. He also narrates the documentary...
'Beats, Rhymes & Life': A Tribe Called Quest tribute
REVIEW - The film makes an earnest effort to give the legendary hip-hop quartet its props, while critically looking at reasons for the band's breakup...
'Square Grouper': New film high on 70s pot smugglers
REVIEW - One thing 'Square Grouper' does exceptionally well is explain the significant economic and cultural impact marijuana can have on a community or country...
Michael Rapaport 'done' reasoning with Q-Tip
WEB RUNDOWN - The stormy relationship between actor/director Michael Rapaport and rapper Q-Tip continued to develop Wednesday...
Michael Rappaport’s trailer for Tribe Called Quest doc released
Today, we are presented with the first official trailer for the film, just released by Sony Picture Classics...
'Freedom Riders': Film revisits 60s segregation fight
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The film, "Freedom Riders," recounts the 1961 crusade by daring young activists intent on ending segregated travel on interstate buses in the Deep South...
Ex-drug dealer Ricky Ross pushing indie film about his life
"I want to present all sides of what actually happened," said Cassavetes of the movie. "Not hearsay. Not rhetoric or hysteria..."
