Regina King

Regina King as Shirley Chisholm

Shirley

“Shirley,” the 2024 film written and directed by John Ridley(“12 Years A Slave”), astutely pays tribute to the trailblazing legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress and the first Black major-party candidate for President of the United States. Like last year’s film “Rustin,” we have another historically accurate […]

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Oscar winner Barry Jenkins highly anticipated new film opens exactly the way you would hope. A perfectly timed musical score from his “Moonlight” collaborating composer Nicholas Britell folds into the frame. The two lead actors (KiKi Layne and Stephan James) wearing outfits that compliment each other, slowly walk down the street daydreaming about their future

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