12 Years a Slave

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2nd Annual Academy Museum Gala - Arrivals
January 30, 2023
Steve McQueen is reflecting on his acclaimed film "12 Years a Slave" nearly 10 years after its release. At the…
"Small Axe - Ep. Red White and Blue" Photocall - 15th Rome Film Festival 2020
March 21, 2022
The Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen was knighted by Princess Anne at Windsor Castle on March 15.
Queen Sugar OWN thegrio.com
August 21, 2021
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) hosted its third annual TV Honors Awards on Saturday in a virtual ceremony.
Steve McQueen
November 16, 2018
An exclusive interview with Oscar-winning director, Steve McQueen on tackling tough issues of race and politics in 'WIDOWS.'
April 11, 2017
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Ridley said he expected his "politically sharp" TV miniseries "Guerrilla," about England's 1970s black power…
September 15, 2014
If it can be said that real men don’t hit women, then we should also say real men don’t beat
June 2, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o has yet another reason to celebrate; she’s officially been cast to appear in…
April 23, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) - The 31-year-old actress, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in '12 Years…
April 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Lupita Nyong'o has landed the cover of the May Issue for Marie Claire donning a hot-pink strapless…
March 27, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - 2013 wasn't just the 'year of black film' it was also a benchmark for African-American movie attendance...
March 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - New interviews with members of Lupita Nyongo's family reveal that some of the cruelty and agony the…
March 16, 2014
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (AP) — Historians know where Solomon Northup was born, where he lived and where he worked...
March 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Prior to the Academy Awards, '12 Years a Slave' was a modest success at the box office,…
March 6, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - In an interview with theGrio, Vanessa Williams discussed Lupita Nyong’o's groundbreaking Oscar win, and weighed in on…
March 5, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) - In a Jan. 20, 1853, article, the Times misspelled Solomon Northup's surname as Northrop and as…
March 5, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - With Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Michael B. Jordan being cast as the new Johnny Storm, African-Americans…
March 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley is clearing the air about his alleged snub of director…
March 3, 2014
OPINION - Lupita Nyongo has slayed stereotypes, not only about the beauty of dark African skin, but intelligence and femininity…
March 3, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Lupita Nyong'o took home the Academy Award for best supporting actress Sunday night - but not without…
March 3, 2014
OPINION - The uncomfortable truth of DeGeneres’s joke is that the Oscars can be as much about what the overwhelmingly…