Culture
Issa Rae and Hollywood’s Unkept Promises. By Andrew R. Chow / Time
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates 65 years of legacy and art. By Nicolle Majette and Maya Eaglin / NBC News
How ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Presses Up Against the Limits of Empathy. By Maggie Blackhawk / NYT
Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” synthesizes a massive human injustice in something personal. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Snoop Dogg’s film ‘The Underdoggs’ brings his Los Angeles youth football story to life. By Clinton Yates / Andscape
The American Society Of Magical Negroes Star Defends Screenplay Amid Passionate Audience Response. By Tatiana Hullender / Screenrant
Colman Domingo, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét and Usher Lead NAACP Image Award nominations. By Variety
Kwame Onwuachi to honor Benjamin Banneker in his new D.C. restaurant. By Zoe Glasser / Wash Post
Black Projects 2024 Sundance: Luther Vandross, Magical Negroes. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
Ava DuVernay Wants to Build a New System. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
David Oyelowo on bringing the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River to life. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Video artwork captures the sweep of Frederick Douglass’s oratory. By Mark Jenkins / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: When tapping feet make magical music, Part 1.
“Luther: Never Too Much” documentary to premiere at Sundance Film Festival. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
Quinta Brunson is first Black woman to win best comedic actress Emmy in over 40 years. By Alli Rosenbloom / CNN
How Octavia Butler Told the Future. By Tiya Miles / The Atlantic
Inside Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’, a Global Investigation With a Personal Touch. By Rebecca Ford / Vanity Fair
Ernest Cole presents America from an exile’s perspective. By Raoul Peck / Wash Post
How John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things’ Changed American Music. By Jeff MacGregor / Smithsonian Magazine
What ‘Rustin’ can teach us about fixing broken friendships. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Katt Williams Goes After Kevin Hart, Joe Rogan, and More. By Craig Jenkins and Hershal Pandya / New York Magazine
Nikki Haley talked about her ‘Black friends.’ What do data and history show about friend groups? By Phillip Bump / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Winter moons and wintry tunes. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Color Purple review: The new movie stays true to Alice Walker’s message. By Nylah Burton / Vox
Film Review: ‘American Fiction’ and cluelessness in communication. By Jeanne Powell / Stark Insider
Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
