The Walking Dead

'Walking Dead' diversity often overshadowed by rating success

theGRIO REPORT - The season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead drew a record 12.4 million viewers Sunday night – 8.1 million in the key 18-49 age demographic – sealing it as the top-rated show on television and demonstrating how a diverse cast can hold its own successfully on screen...

Ernest Dickerson directs the 'Dead'

Chase Quinn

theGRIO REPORT - When it comes to filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, looking forward, looking ahead, is not just hopeful, it is essential...

Zombies: Fun pop fodder with a history steeped in slavery

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

ESSAY - The zombie, which derives directly from the Haitian Voodoo tradition that was born of slavery, represented what could happen to a slave if he or she committed suicide to escape the terrors of French rule...

Black actress has breakout role on new season of 'Walking Dead'

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO REPORT - Danai Gurira takes on the role of the fierce sword-wielding female character Michonne in the upcoming season of AMC's 'The Walking Dead' ...