[youtube id=”m3oqtijIEAA”] Tomorrow HBO will air the Dee Rees’directed Bessie, starring Queen Latifah as the late blues queen Bessie Smith. In this short video Nelson George narrates the lineage of Bessie Smith’s influence on popular music. Bessie airs tomorrow night on HBO at 8PM EST.Continue Reading
Will someone else pick up the Arsenio Hall show now that the second season has not been renewed? Will Queen Latifah slay her role as Bessie Smith in the new HBO biopic about life? And how will Dee Rees present Smith in her script? Why is the upcoming Lifetime biopicContinue Reading
[youtube]R0fZOxAcljQ&[/youtube] “Pariah” is new film from director Dee Rees about a young Black lesbian from Brooklyn coming into her identity.The cast includes C Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse and Kim Wayans. Tamar Kali also has a performance in the film. You can go to film’sContinue Reading