Movies

How Beyoncé lifted me out of darkness

The Renaissance concert and film helped me grieve the loss of my mom

Actor Jonathan Majors assault trial starts with competing versions of a back seat confrontation

Film academy replaces Hattie McDaniel’s long-lost Oscar

The award, the first for a Black actor, will be housed at Howard University

‘Silver Dollar Road’ shows how Black land is repeatedly – and legally – stolen

Documentarian Raoul Peck profiles a Black North Carolina family and the iron will it took to hang on to their property

Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscar

Bassett will be honored at the Governors Awards in November

Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3

In ‘Across the Spider-Verse,’ Miles Morales finds community in heroes who look like him

The film celebrates the power of working together

From Flip Wilson to Madea, Black male comedians in dresses are a Hollywood rite of passage

These characters can be funny, but also dangerous

How Charlese Antoinette Jones helped bring ‘Air’ to life

The costume designer is also working to change Hollywood