Documentary
Culture
Aaron McGruder: ‘A lot of people are trying to reconcile their older selves and their R. Kelly fandom’
‘The Boondocks’ creator speaks up about being back in the cultural conversation
Culture
Common teams up with Tony Parker, Drew Brees for new boxing documentary
‘I’m from Chicago,’ says the Oscar winner, ‘it’s no different than Washington, D.C., Oakland, Detroit, Flint … It’s connected.’
Sports
‘Shut Up and Dribble’ is more than just a public clapback from LeBron James to Laura Ingraham
But the Showtime series largely fails to recognize the activism of black women
Sports
‘Student Athlete,’ the latest doc from LeBron James, examines the exploitation of college athletes
HBO film tells the story of four athletes in football and basketball
Culture
‘Warriors of Liberty City’ from LeBron James looks at a famed inner-city youth football program
Starz documentary dances with the energy of boys taking off for touchdowns as fast as their little legs can carry them
Culture
‘America to Me’ shows why all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria
Integration is just the first step in closing the racial achievement gap
Culture
‘Crime + Punishment’ examines continued use of arrest quotas by New York police
Minority officers blow the whistle on illegal practice in new documentary
Culture
Warren G brings the Long Beach story of ‘G Funk’ in new YouTube documentary
The legendary rap producer/artist loves Kobe — and is all for LeBron joining the Lakers
Culture
America created Whitney Houston and then it destroyed her. Her family created Nippy, then did the same.
A new Whitney Houston documentary makes tragedy seem more inevitable than avoidable