Black Movies

As 50 Cent prepares for franchise fame with the upcoming ‘Expend4bles,' we look back at some of our favorite Black movie franchise stars.

Here are our recommendations for Juneteenth.

As Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion show interest in a 'B.A.P.S.' remake, we look back at 20 classic buddy films in the history of Black cinema.

We’ve listed 28 black movies to watch during Black History Month so you can challenge yourself to one movie a day.

See movie posters for the Black version of "Titanic," "Harry Potter" and more.

Here, we celebrate a few of our favorite Black producers and directors who are making sure our stories are told authentically in Hollywood.

This year’s Urbanworld Film Festival is right around the corner, and they have so many good things in store this year. From fireside chats to…

Podcast: Download Pop culture experts and journalists Tim Gordon and Jawn Murray joined Roland Martin Friday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss Kevin Hart’s recent comments about African-American cinema and the use of the term “Black movies” to control the genre. All that and more in this edition of the “NewsOne Now” Video Podcast. Listen to today’s entire show, subscribe on iTunes! Be sure to listen to […]

Pop culture experts and journalists Tim Gordon and Jawn Murray joined Roland Martin Friday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss Kevin Hart’s recent comments about African-American cinema and the use of the term “Black movies” to control the genre. Movie producer Will Packer also joined Martin on “NewsOne Now” to talk Black films and the economic implications of […]

  Deadline is reporting that Spike Lee is teaming up with Showtime to develop a series based on his 1986 feature film debut, “She’s Gotta Have It.” Will this project do for the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn what HBO’s “Girls” has done for Greenpoint? Is Nola Darling the next Hannah (or perhaps that should […]

You can Learn more about the achievements of Nelson Mandela by reading the history and studying his own quotes, but you can also learn about the life of Mandela through the many portrayals of the world leader in the movies. There have been a number of actors taking on the legendary role, including Danny Glover, […]

Author James McBride, the man behind the bestselling memoir, “The Color of Water,” recently won the National Book Award for “The Good Lord Bird.” It’s a novel about a pre-teen slave who joins abolitionist John Brown in his raid on Harper’s Ferry. McBride spoke with Roland Martin on NewsOne Now about his win. He also weighed in on […]