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September 14, 2015
Aretha Franklin has amended her original complaint against Amazing Grace producer Alan Elliot, claiming he held a screening of the…
September 6, 2015
On Friday, Aretha Franklin was able to convince a judge to block a screening at the Telluride Film Festival of…
August 17, 2015
The N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton is getting plenty of praise, but while Eazy E’s daughter said she enjoyed it, she also
July 31, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Lauryn Hill, never change. L Boogie performed Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" on The Tonight Show Thursday and…
July 21, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Omar Epps has signed on to executive produce a feature-length documentary called "Daddy Don't Go" which shines…
July 10, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - MTV is airing a controversial documentary about white privilege that network executives say will take a look…
June 20, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - In honor of the upcoming film What Happened, Miss Simone? Lauryn Hill has recorded covers of some…
April 30, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Nina Simone comes to life is a new Netflix-produced documentary...
March 3, 2015
In footage from the new documentary “Kobe Bryant’s Muse,” which premiered on Showtime this Saturday, a teary Kobe Bryant called his
January 20, 2015
OPINION - I made myself watch the documentary Light Girls on OWN Monday night. The overwhelming superficiality of several of…
December 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The Oprah Winfrey Network is airing 'Light Girls,' the sequel to Bill Duke's 2011 documentary, 'Dark Girls.'
October 21, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A new twist on the classic fairytale Rapunzel is seeking support on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe. The…
March 27, 2014
MSNBC - As for ideological, she has kept above the political fray, and in an interview with msnbc, remained studiously…
March 21, 2014
theGRIO Q&A - With 'Afraid of Dark', documentary filmmaker Mya B. says she hopes to make real the lives of…
March 18, 2014
VIDEO - From Sean Bell to Oscar Grant to Jordan Davis. There is a long history in this country of…
March 18, 2014
MSNBC - Nearly a quarter-century ago, Anita Hill’s name became synonymous with both courage and injustice...
February 25, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Some of these areas warned black people by signage that, if caught there after dark, they could…
February 19, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — The Tribeca Film Festival will again kick off with music, opening its 13th annual edition with…
February 6, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Walker, who turns 70 later this month, is thinking about her legacy...
January 29, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The film revisits Hill's contentious testimony and the hate she encountered for coming forward with sexual harassment…