NEW YORK – I spoke with actor Jeffrey Wright recently at the Black Writers Conference Symposium for playwright August Wilson. In our discussion he said that there was no Black cinema because African Americans do not have the power to tell our own stories. RELATED STORIES Jeffrey Wright Breaks Down His Roles In “Basquiat” And […]

BROOKLYN-At last month’s Black Writer’s Conference at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, actor, Jeffrey Wright paid tribute to legendary African American writer and playwright, August Wilson. Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Executive Director, Center for Black Literature organized another great event that kept the long great tradition of African American literature alive and well in Brooklyn. […]