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January 6, 2012
'Slavery By Another Name,' a new PBS documentary, explores and upends what producers say is a widely accepted notion: that…
December 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - 'If you disappeared... would anyone miss you?' That's the question posed by the British film 'Dreams of…
December 9, 2011
OPINION - BET News correspondent Emmett Miller, who followed the campaign during its glory days, gave Cain the opportunity to…
October 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - At 84, Harry Belafonte doesn't sing publicly anymore. But today his music is no less rich…
September 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - One of the most powerful chapters in the film 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975', involves a jailhouse…
July 12, 2011
REVIEW - I can only imagine what would professional sports would be like without Curtis Flood...
July 7, 2011
In an interview with HipHop Wired, Q-Tip expresses his support for the upcoming documentary on A Tribe Called Quest and…
July 1, 2011
WEB RUNDOWN - Lee has lately focused on documentary work with two films for HBO. But he had designs on…
June 28, 2011
LOS ANGELES -- "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest" won the Audience Award for Best…
June 27, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - It's called "Can We Talk?" The film is part of the organization's years-long Boston Busing/Desegregation Project...
April 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Tribecca Film Festival attempts to answer the question of what the future holds for black film...
March 7, 2011
VIDEO - From welcoming the Sabbath in the slums of south Tel Aviv today to helping win the Oscar, school…
February 28, 2011
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Tens of thousands of Africans, most from Sudan and Eritrea, have since infiltrated across Israel's…
February 22, 2011
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is helping teachers bring history alive in their classrooms...
February 12, 2011
BERLIN (AP) - Civil rights activist and singer Harry Belafonte says Marlon Brando's death was one trigger for his decision…
November 2, 2010
REVIEW - Speaking very candidly about her experience as a wife and mother being imprisoned, Jones is compelling...
August 26, 2010
REVIEW - The importance of this film and the main reason you should watch extends beyond the history and the…
August 23, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Director Spike Lee's latest documentary picks up New Orleans five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city...
August 23, 2010
REVIEW - It's the indomitable spirit of the people of New Orleans that compels you to pay attention and be…
June 24, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some of the footage in the film was shot by Marc Schaffel, a former business partner…