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Bishop, Rogue, Professor X, Magneto, and Nightcrawler take fighting stances. (Credit: Disney) Directed by: Chase Conley, Emmett Yonemura, Jake Castorena Written by: Beau DeMayo, Mariah Wilson, Anthony Sellitti, JB Ballard, Brian Ford Sullivan, Bailey Moore, Matthew Chauncey, based on the characters by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (with Joe Simon given co-credit for Captain America’s…

Anne-Marie Johnson in The Addiction of Hope. (Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Johnson) Written and directed by: Martin A. Gottlieb Starring: Anne-Marie Johnson, Harley Jane Kozak, Clancy Brown, Erika Alexander, Alan Rosenberg, Shari Belafonte, Matthew Moy, Susan Ruttan, Martin A. Gottlieb (as Martin Grey) Synopsis (courtesy The Addiction of Hope EPK): The Addiction of Hope is a female driven…

(Photo credit: Anne-Marie Johnson/IMDb) Anne-Marie Johnson is exploring the complexities of aging and finding yourself in her new film, The Addiction of Hope. As she told me a few weeks ago, The Addiction of Hope draws on some of her experiences with aging, especially aging in the public eye. “A lot of people get older, and only their friends and family, you know, go through the process. But…

An episode from The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder about Dijonay being rejected from a sorority early recruitment program due to a colorist house mother. (Photo credit: Disney) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder has taken on the topic of colorism, and fans have had mixed reactions. Still, the show has helped start more conversations about colorism and how it shapes the way Black women see…

Tai Leclaire. (Photo credit: Tai Leclaire) Actor/comedian Tai Leclaire wants three things from you–to be scared, to laugh, and to think. The King of the Hill star and Rutherford Falls writer is working on a new project, horror-comedy short film Cheyenne. As of writing this post, Leclaire’s Seed & Spark page shows that the film is close to hitting 60 percent of his $30,000 funding goal. The…

Racist characters from Disney films like Fantasia, Peter Pan, and Aladdin. (Photo credit: Disney) When the media keeps showing stereotypes, like TV shows about Black gangs or making people of color seem sassy, villainous, or just side characters, it can be harmful. This is especially true when there are few real, authentic stories being told. Seeing negative portrayals over and over can cause…

(Photo credit: Vici Howard) Vici Howard didn’t get into the entertainment industry to make a film festival. But after creating her own short film, she was led to the path of founding the Chicago, IL-based Black & Brown Femme Film Festival (BBFF), now in its fourth year at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. The festival will take place July 25-26. “Oh my…

Virginia (Danika Golombek) writes while being visited by a mysterious female figure (Nathalie Söderqvist). (Photo credit: Storyboard Media) Directed by: Mark Wilson Written by: Chris Retts Starring: Danika Golombek, Grayson Eddey, Marcus DeAnda, Zachary Cowan, Nathalie Söderqvist, Greg Lutz Synopsis (IMDb): A brother and sister are terrorized by what seems to be their late-author mother’s…

Billy Porter and Wayne Brady in Encores! La Cage Aux Folles rehearsal. (Credit: New York City Center) One of my favorite films is The Birdcage, so color me excited when I learned that the stage production that started it all, La Cage aux Folles, is getting a Broadway revival called Encores! La Cage Aux Folles. Rehearsal footage has been strategically released to drum up fervor around the…

(Photo credit: Beth Shelburne/UAB) The Alabama Solution opened its audience’s eyes when it premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Its streaming debut on HBO Max later that year showed the U.S. and the world what was happening in Alabama–heinous crimes that most of the state’s population weren’t even aware were happening in their name. Journalist Beth Shelburne is well-known in…

Central to Aleshea Harris’ film Is God Is is the relationship between sisters–and by extension, all Black women. Harris spoke with Just Add Color about how she approached aspects of Blackness, including Black women’s emotional inner lives. Both characters, twins Racine (Kara Young) and Anaia (Mallori Johnson) represent different aspects of the Black female experience. In Anaia’s case, in…

Mallori Johnson as Anaia and Kara Young stars as Racine. (Photo credit: Patti Perret/Amazon MGM Studios) Directed and written by: Aleshea Harris Starring: Kara Young, Mallori Johnson,  Janelle Monáe, Erika Alexander, Mykelti Williamson, Josiah Cross, with Vivica A. Fox and Sterling K. Brown. Synopsis (Amazon MGM Studios): In Is God Is, two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge,…

Tourette’s tics can include obscenities and slurs. These taboo words are emotionally charged and socially significant, so they tend to be more strongly encoded in the brain’s wiring. Dominic Lipinski/Stringer via Getty Images Rena Zito, Elon University John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy…

Bernie Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, greets Jesse Jackson backstage at a 1988 Vermont rally where he endorsed Jackson’s presidential bid. AP Photo/Toby Talbot Bert Johnson, Middlebury College Jesse Jackson’s two campaigns for president, in 1984 and 1988, were unsuccessful but historic. The civil rights activist and organizer, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, helped pave the way for Barack…

Tyra Banks attends the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2024 Issue Release and 60th Anniversary Celebration at Hard Rock Hotel New York on May 16, 2024, in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images This story was originally reported by Jennifer Gerson of The 19th. Meet Jennifer and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Want more stories like this? Subscribe to our new…