The Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival offers a platform for indigenous people to shine. The Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival (GIIFF) will celebrate its 8th anniversary with a four-day festival, kicking off from May 23-26, 2019 in Los Angeles. GIIFF was founded in 2012 with the mission of providing a platform to preserve the culture […]
Hey, San Diego! We’ve got something new for you this year…we got “A New Groove” and it will be heard, felt and seen over the Memorial Day Weekend in Southern California’s favorite spot for spectacular entertainment and “fun in the sun”…or under the stars. Jazz at the Creek is where you’ll find an elite
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Thirty-two black women will graduate in the class of 2019 from the U.S. Academy at West Point next week — the largest class of black women in the school’s history. The news comes just a year after Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams became the first black officer to assume command at the 216-year-old academy, and
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La Jolla, CA – La Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for its world-premiere production of Put Your House in Order, by acclaimed Chicago playwright Ike Holter (Lottery Day), directed by Lili-Anne Brown. The show kicks off the Playhouse’s 2019/2020 season, running in the Playhouse’s Mandell Weiss Forum June 2 – 30. The cast features Behzad Dabu (TV’s How to
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This past Saturday afternoon, May 11, the Beverly Hilton and LadyLike Foundation founder Leah Pump welcomed an illustrious group of young women for the 11th Annual LadyLike Foundation Women of Excellence Luncheon which honored Storm Reid, Marjorie Harvey, Carrie O’dell, and Jordin Sparks. The nonprofit organization, whose mission is to educate, empower and inspire young girls living in
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The San Diego Association of Black Journalists is thrilled to announce Washington Post national reporter, Wesley Lowery will be this year’s keynote speaker at our scholarship reception. Wesley Lowery is a Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent covering law enforcement, race and justice for The Washington Post and an on-air contributor for CNN. He has been the paper’s lead
We can now refer to her as Dr. Missy Elliott. That’s right, the five-time Grammy award winner along with Alex Lacamoire and Justin Timberlake all received honorary Doctor of Music degrees from Berklee College of Music on Saturday. This is huge, ya’ll! “This year’s honorary doctorate recipients are being recognized for their achievements and influences
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While the first trailer and poster for the upcoming Magnolia Pictures documentary TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM, was unveiled back in April, we wanted to want to continue to raise awareness around this impactful doc about one of the most celebrated storytellers in American history. The indie film, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival earlier
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Yesss, Black Excellence! We can never get enough of seeing “US” Black folk in a positive light. Thanks to Kenya Barris creator of Black-ish, we get to see more in a new Netflix series starring Barris and Rashida Jones, titled “Black Excellence.” According to Deadline, Netflix has ordered Kenya Barris’ single-camera comedy Black Excellence, the
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THE BOBBY DEBARGE STORY, a new TV One movie detailing the tumultuous life of arguably, one of the most amazing falsetto singers of all time will air on Saturday, June 29 at 8 P.M. ET/7C, followed by an encore presentation at 10 P.M. ET/9C. Debuting during Black Music Month, the film’s stars include Roshon Fegan (Shake It Up, Greenleaf) in the lead role
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