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Academy Award nominee Shaka King named Honorary Chair of 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards

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Academy Award nominee Shaka King named Honorary Chair of 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Erik Anderson March 16, 2021

$75,000 in grants given by Premier Sponsor Genesis Motor North America Film Independent has named filmmaker Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah) as its... Read More

Interview: Dominique Fishback’s emotional journey through ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ [VIDEO]

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Interview: Dominique Fishback’s emotional journey through ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ [VIDEO]

Valerie Complex February 12, 2021

Graduating from Pace University with a degree in theater, Dominique Fishback officially entered the acting game in 2013 in a small role in Steven Soderbergh’s The... Read More

Interview: Shaka King on creating ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

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Interview: Shaka King on creating ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Valerie Complex February 11, 2021

Directed by Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of Fred Hampton’s betrayal in great detail. As an activist, Hampton aimed to... Read More

Film Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powered by a fiery and brilliant performance from Daniel Kaluuya

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Film Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powered by a fiery and brilliant performance from Daniel Kaluuya

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

The giants of the Civil Rights movement of the ‘60s could be considered America’s original Avengers, and perhaps there is no better representative of their... Read More

Sundance announces Conversations with Rita Moreno, Questlove, Robin Wright and more

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Sundance announces Conversations with Rita Moreno, Questlove, Robin Wright and more

Erik Anderson January 14, 2021

The lineup for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, taking place on a Sundance-built and feature-rich online platform, goes well beyond feature and short films, episodic... Read More

New trailer for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

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New trailer for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Erik Anderson January 12, 2021

Hot off the heels of the announcement that Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah will world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Warner... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)

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2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)

Erik Anderson October 2, 2020

Florian Zeller (The Father) and George C. Rolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) move up into the top 10 this month as Ron Howard (Hillbilly Elegy)... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)

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2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 27, 2020

A tale of two Kings…and two Lees. Regina King’s One Night in Miami will land in Venice and Toronto, and presumably other fall festivals like... Read More

Trailer: Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

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Trailer: Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Erik Anderson August 6, 2020

“You can murder a revolutionary, but you can’t murder a revolution!” Warner Bros has released the first trailer for the Ryan Coogler-produced Judas and the... Read More