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NEW YORK (AP) - A wave of high-profile films about black people receives accolades. A heart-warming trend of greater on-screen…
OPINION - Avoiding films such as '12 Years a Slave' would only silence the voices of our ancestors when many…
OPINION - I have no problem with '12 Years a Slave,' but would like to see my people in a…
theGRIO REPORT - Much like 'The Butler', 'Backstairs at the White House' paints juicy portraits of the presidents and their…
OPINION - Yes black actors should be cast in more mainstream, read “white,” films but, the main problem with Hollywood…
theGRIO REPORT - This year his leading role in the blockbuster 'The Butler' is generating serious Oscar buzz, and now…
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah Winfrey has won rave reviews for her performance in the box office hit 'The Butler', and…
MSNBC - As the 50th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham approached and thousands celebrated the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Both 'The Butler' and 'We're the Millers' have been in theaters for more than a month,…
NEW YORK (AP) — 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' served up another box office-topping weekend, earning $17 million, according to studio…
theGRIO REPORT - Hailed a renaissance year for black films, backlash over Lee Daniels’ 'The Butler' suggests rhetoric surrounding current…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky theater owner who trained pilots during the Vietnam War is refusing to show…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife,…
theGRIO REPORT - A Washington D.C. woman says a weekend trip to see the movie, 'The Butler' was marred by…
MSNBC - On Thursday’s PoliticsNation, Lee Daniel's joined Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss his latest movie 'The Butler'...
TODAY - 'The Oprahcalypse is upon us!' shrieked Andy Cohen when Oprah Winfrey joined the elated talk-show host Thursday on…
theGRIO REPORT - According to the New York Times, 2013 is 'a breakout year for black films,' with several prominent…