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BAFTA nominations: Will Smith earns first-ever nod

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2022 SAG nominations: Black talent in TV largely absent

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Rebecca Hall says directing ‘Passing’ helped ‘unlock’ Black family history

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Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga open up about ‘Passing,’ light skin privilege in Hollywood

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are bringing 1920s Harlem Renaissance to life in 2021 film adaption of Passing. Shot in
/ October 28, 2021
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Black Twitter debates racial passability as ‘Passing’ trailer premieres

Netflix just dropped the trailer for Passing, a film starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga as two Black women in
/ September 23, 2021

Rebecca Hall’s brilliant adaptation of ‘Passing’ is a haunting reflection of identity

In 2018, Rebecca Hall made headlines announcing her directorial debut of Passing, the film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s seminal novella
/ February 3, 2021
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

The Academy invites record number of women and minorities

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued 774 invitations to new members, higher than the record 683 new members that it invited last year.
/ June 29, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

‘Loving’ movie director Jeff Nichols reveals how historic interracial marriage survived Jim Crow racism

The true story of Richard and Mildred Loving’s fight for interracial marriage in the segregated 1950s, is hitting the big screen in one of the most highly anticipated films of the year…
/ September 14, 2016