Filmmaker Sam Pollard, one of the most prolific and important forces in contemporary documentary, will be honored by Black Public Media at its upcoming PitchBlack Awards in New York.
Pollard — who directed or co-directed four films and docuseries this year alone, including The League and Bill Russell: Legend — will receive the Bpm Trailblazer Award in a ceremony on April 25. The event is set to take place at the Stanley H. Kantor Penthouse of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, capping the latest edition of Bpm’s PitchBLACK Forum, described as “the largest pitch competition of its kind in the United States for independent filmmakers and creative technologists who create Black content.”
“A multiple Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning producer-director-editor, Pollard is known for his work on a plethora of important works including: Eyes On The Prize, Maynard, MLK/FBI, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, and Mr. Soul!,” a release noted.
Pollard — who directed or co-directed four films and docuseries this year alone, including The League and Bill Russell: Legend — will receive the Bpm Trailblazer Award in a ceremony on April 25. The event is set to take place at the Stanley H. Kantor Penthouse of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, capping the latest edition of Bpm’s PitchBLACK Forum, described as “the largest pitch competition of its kind in the United States for independent filmmakers and creative technologists who create Black content.”
“A multiple Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning producer-director-editor, Pollard is known for his work on a plethora of important works including: Eyes On The Prize, Maynard, MLK/FBI, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, and Mr. Soul!,” a release noted.
- 12/23/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Starting with a modest proposal framing Black power as the erasure of systemic white supremacy, Sam Pollard and Llewellyn M. Smith’s South to Black Power, written by and featuring New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, proposes a roadmap forward: a reverse great migration back to southern states with Black populations. Citing Vermont as a successful case study, Blow tells the story of how the counterculture changed the rural, conservative state by simply doing the math and moving in. Born and raised in the racially mixed rural town of Gibsland, Louisiana, Blow returns home to find some signs of encouraging process, discussing with relatives their plans for redeveloping their town by obtaining power through official channels.
Herein lies the problem studied extensively in the documentary: while achieving strength and agency at a municipal level is possible, Blow uses his new hometown of Atlanta as a successful case study. But...
Herein lies the problem studied extensively in the documentary: while achieving strength and agency at a municipal level is possible, Blow uses his new hometown of Atlanta as a successful case study. But...
- 11/28/2023
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Still sleeping off your Thanksgiving feast? It’s not to be wondered at, as the holiday usually produces quite the food coma before sending eaters away from the table to watch the night’s NFL contest or the annual airing of “Home Alone.”
As Cyber Monday kicks off the week, there are plenty of new shows and movies coming to streaming in the final few days of November/beginning of December. Check below for The Streamable’s recommendations on what to watch this week!
Monday, Nov. 27 ‘Steeltown Murders’ Series Premiere
It’s 2002 in Port Talbot, and on hearing that the Cid is looking to reopen two sexually motivated murder cases from 1973, Dci Paul Bethell jumps at the opportunity to lead the investigation. Following two vividly different timelines, we also revisit the tragic events of ‘73 to see both a small Welsh community devastated by grief, and Paul as a junior officer...
As Cyber Monday kicks off the week, there are plenty of new shows and movies coming to streaming in the final few days of November/beginning of December. Check below for The Streamable’s recommendations on what to watch this week!
Monday, Nov. 27 ‘Steeltown Murders’ Series Premiere
It’s 2002 in Port Talbot, and on hearing that the Cid is looking to reopen two sexually motivated murder cases from 1973, Dci Paul Bethell jumps at the opportunity to lead the investigation. Following two vividly different timelines, we also revisit the tragic events of ‘73 to see both a small Welsh community devastated by grief, and Paul as a junior officer...
- 11/27/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
The HBO Original documentary South To Black Power, a This Machine production, directed by Peabody and Emmy®-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard and Peabody winner Llewellyn M. Smith (“Poisoned Water”), debuts Tuesday, November 28 (10:00-11:30 p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. Synopsis: On the eve of last year’s midterm elections, Charles M. Blow, New York Times columnist and best-selling author of “The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto,” sets off across the country on a personal journey to test his theory on Black Liberation, which involves a daring strategy for Black Americans ... Read more...
- 11/15/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
The 2023 Doc NYC lineup has officially been announced.
The program for the 14th annual festival includes opening night selection “The Contestant,” a real-life “Truman Show”-esque story of a Japanese comedian who was trapped alone and naked in an apartment for 15 months as part of a reality TV show. The only twist? The comedian had no idea he was being filmed. Clair Titley directs the stranger-than-fiction documentary which premiered at TIFF.
Doc NYC runs from November 8 through 26, featuring 30 world premieres and 26 U.S. premieres with more than 200 films programmed. New films from Wim Wenders, Penny Lane, Dawn Porter, and Jeff Zimbalist are among the lineup for America’s largest documentary festival, with screenings at New York City’s IFC Center, Sva Theatre, and Village East by Angelika. In-person screenings take place November 8 through 16, with online selections available through November 26.
The centerpiece screening is the world premiere of D.W. Young’s...
The program for the 14th annual festival includes opening night selection “The Contestant,” a real-life “Truman Show”-esque story of a Japanese comedian who was trapped alone and naked in an apartment for 15 months as part of a reality TV show. The only twist? The comedian had no idea he was being filmed. Clair Titley directs the stranger-than-fiction documentary which premiered at TIFF.
Doc NYC runs from November 8 through 26, featuring 30 world premieres and 26 U.S. premieres with more than 200 films programmed. New films from Wim Wenders, Penny Lane, Dawn Porter, and Jeff Zimbalist are among the lineup for America’s largest documentary festival, with screenings at New York City’s IFC Center, Sva Theatre, and Village East by Angelika. In-person screenings take place November 8 through 16, with online selections available through November 26.
The centerpiece screening is the world premiere of D.W. Young’s...
- 10/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News will be back for more episodes.
The show, which airs at 11:30pm after The Daily Show on Comedy Central, has had its third season extended and will air a State of the Union special.
The third season included 13 episodes running from October 5, 2022 through February 1, 2023. It has now been expanded for 12 more episodes, running into May with guests including Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tig Notaro.
Produced by CBS Television Studios, it features a cast of animated characters, led by anchor James Smartwood, mocking news of the day, and interviewing real world guests and newsmakers.
The move comes ahead of the show’s Special Coverage of the State of the Union episode on February 8.
Smartwood, Host of Virtue Signal and liberal warrior Kylie Weaver, host of the conservative Hot Take Tyler Templeton, Democratic strategist and political analyst Lydia Parker and reporter James Smartwood Jr.
The show, which airs at 11:30pm after The Daily Show on Comedy Central, has had its third season extended and will air a State of the Union special.
The third season included 13 episodes running from October 5, 2022 through February 1, 2023. It has now been expanded for 12 more episodes, running into May with guests including Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tig Notaro.
Produced by CBS Television Studios, it features a cast of animated characters, led by anchor James Smartwood, mocking news of the day, and interviewing real world guests and newsmakers.
The move comes ahead of the show’s Special Coverage of the State of the Union episode on February 8.
Smartwood, Host of Virtue Signal and liberal warrior Kylie Weaver, host of the conservative Hot Take Tyler Templeton, Democratic strategist and political analyst Lydia Parker and reporter James Smartwood Jr.
- 2/7/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Production is underway on a feature documentary from HBO Documentary Films and This Machine inspired by New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s book The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard and Llewellyn Smith are directing the as-yet-untitled documentary. Blow’s book, published last year, “calls for a reverse ‘great migration’ of African Americans from the North back to the South to reclaim the land, political representation, and culture that they left behind,” according to a release from HBO, “and in so doing, forever transform the power structure in America.”
Between 1916 and 1970 roughly six million African Americans migrated from the rural South to other parts of the country, to seek better economic opportunities and to escape Jim Crow segregation. Blow writes in his book, “Black people fled the horrors of the racist South for so-called liberal cities of the North and West, trading the...
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard and Llewellyn Smith are directing the as-yet-untitled documentary. Blow’s book, published last year, “calls for a reverse ‘great migration’ of African Americans from the North back to the South to reclaim the land, political representation, and culture that they left behind,” according to a release from HBO, “and in so doing, forever transform the power structure in America.”
Between 1916 and 1970 roughly six million African Americans migrated from the rural South to other parts of the country, to seek better economic opportunities and to escape Jim Crow segregation. Blow writes in his book, “Black people fled the horrors of the racist South for so-called liberal cities of the North and West, trading the...
- 8/10/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Common said working on the film Selma turned him into an activist and that a recent seven-month stay in London, where police don’t carry guns, “felt like a weight was off my shoulders” as he talked over his life and career at an event awarding him the Tribeca Festival’s second annual Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams made a surprise cameo at the fest, which has been dotting the city with films, talks and music for 21 years now except during pandemic-shuttered 2020. “I think about this amazing festival which opened after 9-11 when no one thought we could come back. Covid is not terrorism, but it brought terror… But we came back,” Adams said, praising the musician, actor and philanthropist for his efforts in prisons and schools and for using his work as artist for social justice.
Common played civil rights activist James Bevel in Selma,...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams made a surprise cameo at the fest, which has been dotting the city with films, talks and music for 21 years now except during pandemic-shuttered 2020. “I think about this amazing festival which opened after 9-11 when no one thought we could come back. Covid is not terrorism, but it brought terror… But we came back,” Adams said, praising the musician, actor and philanthropist for his efforts in prisons and schools and for using his work as artist for social justice.
Common played civil rights activist James Bevel in Selma,...
- 6/16/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Sidney Poitier was the epitome of Black Dignity, Black beauty, Black pride and Black power” by “N.Y. Times” Charles M. Blow Sidney Poitier family issues statement on his death: “he is our guiding light.” “Sidney L. Poitier Kbe, February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022, R.I.P. Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and ambassador. In 1964, he was the first black person and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two Academy Award nominations, ten Golden Globes nominations, two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, six BAFTA nominations, eight Laurel nominations, and one Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) nomination. Poitier’s entire family lived in the Bahamas, then still a British colony, but he was born unexpectedly in Miami while they were visiting for the weekend, which automatically granted him U.S. citizenship. He grew up in the Bahamas, but moved to Miami at age 15, and to...
- 1/8/2022
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Pepe Le Pew found himself at the center of the cancel culture conversation when New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow slammed the cartoon character because of its link to "rape culture." The character will no longer be used in future Looney Tunes projects, most notably the upcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy. A scene featuring the character was…...
- 3/10/2021
- by Gaius Bolling
- JoBlo.com
Pepe Le Pew, the controversial Looney Tune skunk notorious for his sexually aggressive behavior, will not appear in any upcoming projects from Warner Bros. TV.
Deadline reported on Sunday that the cartoon skunk, who was introduced in 1945, will not appear in Warner Bros. TV’s upcoming “Space Jam: A New Legacy” film. Pepe Le Pew isn’t just getting benched for that upcoming feature; The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Monday that the character wouldn’t show up in any of the company’s other upcoming projects.
IndieWire has reached out to Warner Bros. TV for comment.
The Pepe reports surfaced several days after New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote an article criticizing racism and other issues in children’s media. Blow argued that Pepe Le Pew, who is featured in a variety of old cartoons aggressively kissing and grabbing female characters against their will, “normalized rape culture.” Blow...
Deadline reported on Sunday that the cartoon skunk, who was introduced in 1945, will not appear in Warner Bros. TV’s upcoming “Space Jam: A New Legacy” film. Pepe Le Pew isn’t just getting benched for that upcoming feature; The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Monday that the character wouldn’t show up in any of the company’s other upcoming projects.
IndieWire has reached out to Warner Bros. TV for comment.
The Pepe reports surfaced several days after New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote an article criticizing racism and other issues in children’s media. Blow argued that Pepe Le Pew, who is featured in a variety of old cartoons aggressively kissing and grabbing female characters against their will, “normalized rape culture.” Blow...
- 3/9/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Pepe Le Pew has been a part of the Looney Tunes canon for years but now the character is being benched. The character will not be showing up at all in the upcoming theatrical sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy on July 16, 2021. The decision has been made in the wake of New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow slamming that the cartoon character because of…...
- 3/8/2021
- by Gaius Bolling
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: He starred in the first Warner Bros. Space Jam movie back in 1996, however, Pepe Le Pew will not be showing up at all in the upcoming theatrical sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy on July 16.
With the Looney Tunes French skunk besieged by controversy in the wake of New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow slamming that the cartoon character “added to rape culture,” Deadline has learned that a hybrid live-action animation scene between Jane the Virgin actress Greice Santo and Pepe Le Pew, shot back in June 2019 for Space Jam 2 was left on the cutting room floor.
The live-action scene was filmed by the pic’s first director, Terence Nance. As we first reported in July 2019, Nance left the production with Malcolm D. Lee taking over. Under the direction of Lee, Pepe Le Pew was eliminated from the sequel a while ago and never animated for the live-action footage which was shot.
With the Looney Tunes French skunk besieged by controversy in the wake of New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow slamming that the cartoon character “added to rape culture,” Deadline has learned that a hybrid live-action animation scene between Jane the Virgin actress Greice Santo and Pepe Le Pew, shot back in June 2019 for Space Jam 2 was left on the cutting room floor.
The live-action scene was filmed by the pic’s first director, Terence Nance. As we first reported in July 2019, Nance left the production with Malcolm D. Lee taking over. Under the direction of Lee, Pepe Le Pew was eliminated from the sequel a while ago and never animated for the live-action footage which was shot.
- 3/8/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Pepé Le Pew will not be featured in Space Jam 2, a source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
The controversial Looney Tunes skunk cartoon character was scrubbed from the LeBron James starrer more than a year ago.
News of the character’s absence from the Warner Bros. film broke Sunday evening, days after a New York Times opinion piece called out the character, among other problematic cartoon characters, in the wake of Dr. Seuss Enterprises announcing it would stop publishing six books because of racist and insensitive imagery.
In the Times opinion piece, Charles M. Blow said Pepé Le Pew “normalized rape culture.”
The character ...
The controversial Looney Tunes skunk cartoon character was scrubbed from the LeBron James starrer more than a year ago.
News of the character’s absence from the Warner Bros. film broke Sunday evening, days after a New York Times opinion piece called out the character, among other problematic cartoon characters, in the wake of Dr. Seuss Enterprises announcing it would stop publishing six books because of racist and insensitive imagery.
In the Times opinion piece, Charles M. Blow said Pepé Le Pew “normalized rape culture.”
The character ...
Pepé Le Pew will not be featured in Space Jam 2, a source confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
The controversial Looney Tunes skunk cartoon character was scrubbed from the LeBron James starrer more than a year ago.
News of the character’s absence from the Warner Bros. film broke Sunday evening, days after a New York Times opinion piece called out the character, among other problematic cartoon characters, in the wake of Dr. Seuss Enterprises announcing it would stop publishing six books because of racist and insensitive imagery.
In the Times opinion piece, Charles M. Blow said Pepé Le Pew “normalized rape culture.”
The character ...
The controversial Looney Tunes skunk cartoon character was scrubbed from the LeBron James starrer more than a year ago.
News of the character’s absence from the Warner Bros. film broke Sunday evening, days after a New York Times opinion piece called out the character, among other problematic cartoon characters, in the wake of Dr. Seuss Enterprises announcing it would stop publishing six books because of racist and insensitive imagery.
In the Times opinion piece, Charles M. Blow said Pepé Le Pew “normalized rape culture.”
The character ...
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow doubled down on his assertion that Pepé Le Pew “normalized rape culture” Saturday following right-wing backlash to an op-ed he wrote earlier this week, which first called out the Warner Bros-created cartoon skunk’s behavior.
“Rw blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture,” Blow tweeted Saturday. “Let’s see. 1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly, w/o consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won’t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.”
The columnist added in a threaded tweet: “This helped teach boys that ‘no’ didn’t really mean no, that it was a part of ‘the game,’ the starting line of a power struggle. It taught overcoming a woman’s strenuous, even physical objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They didn’t even...
“Rw blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture,” Blow tweeted Saturday. “Let’s see. 1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly, w/o consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won’t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.”
The columnist added in a threaded tweet: “This helped teach boys that ‘no’ didn’t really mean no, that it was a part of ‘the game,’ the starting line of a power struggle. It taught overcoming a woman’s strenuous, even physical objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They didn’t even...
- 3/6/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon French skunk whose amorous attentions have chased generations of females, has been targeted by the New York Times.
Columnist Charles M. Blow claims in a tweet today that the Looney Tunes character “added to rape culture.”
“Rw blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture. Let’s see. 1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly, w/o consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won’t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.” It’s true … Penelope Pussycat was often in Pepe’s clutches.
Looney Tunes has previously stopped featuring rifles in its updated portrayals of Elmer Fudd.
Blow previously took on Dr. Seuss in an op-ed titled “Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias.” He argued that early exposure to negative imagery shapes perceptions. He mentioned Speedy Gonzales,...
Columnist Charles M. Blow claims in a tweet today that the Looney Tunes character “added to rape culture.”
“Rw blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture. Let’s see. 1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly, w/o consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won’t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.” It’s true … Penelope Pussycat was often in Pepe’s clutches.
Looney Tunes has previously stopped featuring rifles in its updated portrayals of Elmer Fudd.
Blow previously took on Dr. Seuss in an op-ed titled “Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias.” He argued that early exposure to negative imagery shapes perceptions. He mentioned Speedy Gonzales,...
- 3/6/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Global numbers aren’t in yet, but domestically Oprah Winfrey’s two-night Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? certainly had people taking and watching.
Airing on Own and 18 other Discovery-owned networks on June 9 and June 10, the pre-recorded wide-ranging conversation about the killing of George Floyd, systemic racism and the American proposition garnered 11 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen data.
With 6.7 million viewers on YouTube, Facebook and other digital Discovery platforms, the total viewership for Where Do We Go From Here? bops up to 17.6 million. A number that places the special as #1 Most social Primetime program on all of TV on June 9 – which is a very strong place to be indeed.
In what was sadly yet another conversation about racism for Winfrey over the past 35 years and coming just over two weeks after Floyd was killed by Minneapolis cops, Where Do We Go From Here? featured insights...
Airing on Own and 18 other Discovery-owned networks on June 9 and June 10, the pre-recorded wide-ranging conversation about the killing of George Floyd, systemic racism and the American proposition garnered 11 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen data.
With 6.7 million viewers on YouTube, Facebook and other digital Discovery platforms, the total viewership for Where Do We Go From Here? bops up to 17.6 million. A number that places the special as #1 Most social Primetime program on all of TV on June 9 – which is a very strong place to be indeed.
In what was sadly yet another conversation about racism for Winfrey over the past 35 years and coming just over two weeks after Floyd was killed by Minneapolis cops, Where Do We Go From Here? featured insights...
- 6/12/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey’s two-night town hall on racism in America drew a substantial number of viewers.
Titled “Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?,” the town hall was simulcast on Own and all of its parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks. Just under 11 million total viewers tuned in across all the networks, with repeats taken into account.
7.3 million combined viewers watched the live simulcasts on both June 9 and June 10. Per Own, the town hall has so far reached 17.6 million viewers since its premiere when also taking into account all social media platforms.
The special discussed systemic racism in America and the current state of a country which has seen mass protests since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota. It featured Winfrey in conversation with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists.
During part 1 of the town hall, director Ava DuVernay,...
Titled “Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?,” the town hall was simulcast on Own and all of its parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks. Just under 11 million total viewers tuned in across all the networks, with repeats taken into account.
7.3 million combined viewers watched the live simulcasts on both June 9 and June 10. Per Own, the town hall has so far reached 17.6 million viewers since its premiere when also taking into account all social media platforms.
The special discussed systemic racism in America and the current state of a country which has seen mass protests since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota. It featured Winfrey in conversation with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists.
During part 1 of the town hall, director Ava DuVernay,...
- 6/12/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey’s special “Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” drew 10.9 million TV viewers across 17 Discovery, Inc.-owned networks. That linear viewer tally counts both the initial 9 p.m. airings of Part 1 on Tuesday and Part 2 on Wednesday, plus repeats, according to Live + Same Day data from Nielsen.
Together, the two live simulcasts combined to reach 7.3 million unique viewers. To date, the special has added 6.7 million via views on YouTube and Facebook, racking up a total of 17.6 million viewers across all platforms.
Per Discovery, “The special featured Oprah Winfrey as she spoke directly with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America. The in-depth conversations offered insights and tangible plans to answer the questions “What matters now?” “What matters next?” and “Where do we go from here?”
Also Read: Oprah to Host Discussion With Black Thought Leaders on...
Together, the two live simulcasts combined to reach 7.3 million unique viewers. To date, the special has added 6.7 million via views on YouTube and Facebook, racking up a total of 17.6 million viewers across all platforms.
Per Discovery, “The special featured Oprah Winfrey as she spoke directly with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America. The in-depth conversations offered insights and tangible plans to answer the questions “What matters now?” “What matters next?” and “Where do we go from here?”
Also Read: Oprah to Host Discussion With Black Thought Leaders on...
- 6/12/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Oprah Winfrey aired Part Two (above) of her Where Do We Go From Here? special on Wednesday. The two-night special (Part One aired on Tuesday and is posted below) comes in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25th and the ensuing protests against systemic racism and police brutality that have followed throughout the country since.
Simulcast on the host’s Own channel, and its parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks and streamed for free on Own’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels,...
Simulcast on the host’s Own channel, and its parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks and streamed for free on Own’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Ava DuVernay has called out the mainstream media for “conflating” protestors and looters in covering the mass protests in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police.
Speaking during the first part of Oprah Winfrey’s two-night town hall titled “Where Do We Go From Here?” on racism in America, DuVernay said that she has witnessed people’s “concern with the murder of Black people by police” being “deterred because someone is taking a pair of jeans from a Target.”
“I think the thing for me around the whole idea of protesters and rioters and looting is how it’s all been conflated in in the mainstream media,” DuVernay said. “I watched our local news here in Los Angeles, it’s kind of all mixed together, when they’re all very separate things. Certainly you have folks that have said, ‘Gosh, they’re losing the message,...
Speaking during the first part of Oprah Winfrey’s two-night town hall titled “Where Do We Go From Here?” on racism in America, DuVernay said that she has witnessed people’s “concern with the murder of Black people by police” being “deterred because someone is taking a pair of jeans from a Target.”
“I think the thing for me around the whole idea of protesters and rioters and looting is how it’s all been conflated in in the mainstream media,” DuVernay said. “I watched our local news here in Los Angeles, it’s kind of all mixed together, when they’re all very separate things. Certainly you have folks that have said, ‘Gosh, they’re losing the message,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
“No one’s talking about the economic inequalities that may lead people to want to go through a glass door to get a pair of shoes,” said Ava DuVernay tonight on the Oprah Winfrey hosted special Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?
“No one’s talking about the systems that encompass all of the actions that we’re seeing,” the When They See Us filmmaker added of the reactions to the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the large protests and unrest that has followed.
“If you’re concern with the murder of black people by police, to be deterred or shifted because someone is taking a pair of jeans from a Target, then you’ve got to look at how much you cared about the murder of the black people by the police to begin with,” DuVernay told fellow Queen Sugar executive producer Winfrey...
“No one’s talking about the systems that encompass all of the actions that we’re seeing,” the When They See Us filmmaker added of the reactions to the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the large protests and unrest that has followed.
“If you’re concern with the murder of black people by police, to be deterred or shifted because someone is taking a pair of jeans from a Target, then you’ve got to look at how much you cared about the murder of the black people by the police to begin with,” DuVernay told fellow Queen Sugar executive producer Winfrey...
- 6/10/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey will lead a conversation with black thought leaders, activists and artists next week called Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, Variety reports. The two-night special will air on the host’s Own channel on June 9th and 10th at 9 p.m. Et and will also be simulcast across the network’s parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks.
The special comes in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25th and the ensuing protests against systemic racism and police brutality...
The special comes in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25th and the ensuing protests against systemic racism and police brutality...
- 6/5/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Own and Discovery’s 18 other networks will air Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, a two-night special hosted by Oprah Winfrey, on Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10, at 9/8c.
A response to the civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder, the programming event will feature conversations about systematic racism and the current state of America with Black thought leaders, activists and artists such as Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Rashad Robinson, Ibram Kendi, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Jennifer Eberhardt, David Oyelowo and Charles M. Blow.
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A response to the civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder, the programming event will feature conversations about systematic racism and the current state of America with Black thought leaders, activists and artists such as Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Rashad Robinson, Ibram Kendi, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Jennifer Eberhardt, David Oyelowo and Charles M. Blow.
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- 6/4/2020
- TVLine.com
Oprah Winfrey is hosting a discussion with Black thought leaders, artists and activists regarding the civil unrest across American in response to the murder of George Floyd next week as part of a two-night event that will be simulcast across 19 different Discovery-owned networks.
“Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” will feature Winfrey speaking directly about systematic racism and the current state of America with guests including Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Rashad Robinson, Ibram Kendi, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Jennifer Eberhardt, David Oyelowo and Charles M. Blow.
The two-night event will take place on June 9 and 10 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt across Own and Discovery’s 18 other U.S. networks, including TLC, Food Network, ID and Hgtv.
Also Read: Oprah Calls for Justice After Cop's Arrest in George Floyd's Death: 'My Heart Sinks Even Deeper'
“I’ve been having...
“Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” will feature Winfrey speaking directly about systematic racism and the current state of America with guests including Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Rashad Robinson, Ibram Kendi, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Jennifer Eberhardt, David Oyelowo and Charles M. Blow.
The two-night event will take place on June 9 and 10 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt across Own and Discovery’s 18 other U.S. networks, including TLC, Food Network, ID and Hgtv.
Also Read: Oprah Calls for Justice After Cop's Arrest in George Floyd's Death: 'My Heart Sinks Even Deeper'
“I’ve been having...
- 6/4/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Oprah Winfrey is set to host a two-night town hall to discuss systemic racism in America and the current state of a country which has seen mass protests since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota.
Titled “Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?,” the town hall will be simulcast on Own and all of its parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks. The special will feature Winfrey in conversation with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists.
“I’ve been having private conversations with friends and thought leaders about what’s next and where we go from here,” said Winfrey. “I thought it would be both of interest and service to bring their ideas, concerns and comments into a national spotlight.”
Some of the featured guests will include politician Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, filmmaker Ava DuVernay,...
Titled “Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?,” the town hall will be simulcast on Own and all of its parent company Discovery’s 18 other networks. The special will feature Winfrey in conversation with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists.
“I’ve been having private conversations with friends and thought leaders about what’s next and where we go from here,” said Winfrey. “I thought it would be both of interest and service to bring their ideas, concerns and comments into a national spotlight.”
Some of the featured guests will include politician Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, filmmaker Ava DuVernay,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Amid continuing civil unrest in America following the death of George Floyd, Own: Oprah Winfrey Network has set Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, a two-night special that will simulcast on Own and across all of Discovery’s 18 other U.S. networks..
The special, which airs Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10 at 9 Pm, features Oprah Winfrey as she speaks with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America.
Featured guests include politician Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, professor and author Jennifer Eberhardt (author of “Biased”); journalist and Pulitzer prize-winning founder of the “1619 Project” Nikole Hannah-Jones; historian and author Ibram Kendi (“How to be an Anti-Racist”), award-winning actor David Oyelowo (Selma), Color of Change founder Rashad Robinson; and National Association for the...
The special, which airs Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10 at 9 Pm, features Oprah Winfrey as she speaks with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America.
Featured guests include politician Stacey Abrams, journalist Charles M. Blow; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, professor and author Jennifer Eberhardt (author of “Biased”); journalist and Pulitzer prize-winning founder of the “1619 Project” Nikole Hannah-Jones; historian and author Ibram Kendi (“How to be an Anti-Racist”), award-winning actor David Oyelowo (Selma), Color of Change founder Rashad Robinson; and National Association for the...
- 6/4/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jazz artist and film composer Terence Blanchard was presented with the Bmi Icon award at Wednesday night’s Film, TV and Visual Media Awards of performing-rights society Broadcast Music Inc. in Beverly Hills.
Blanchard, composer for many of Spike Lee’s films, was honored for his “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers,” said Bmi president-ceo Mike O’Neill. “His music makes powerful statements about American tragedies that must not be forgotten, while also encouraging all of us to heal.”
Said Blanchard, “We just want to express ourselves in an artistic way. We have a burning desire to say something that’s in us, and sometimes we don’t even know what it is that we’re trying to say. These projects give us room to do that.
“You are my heroes,” he told the black-tie crowd of film and TV composers. “Everything that I’ve written for the screen,...
Blanchard, composer for many of Spike Lee’s films, was honored for his “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers,” said Bmi president-ceo Mike O’Neill. “His music makes powerful statements about American tragedies that must not be forgotten, while also encouraging all of us to heal.”
Said Blanchard, “We just want to express ourselves in an artistic way. We have a burning desire to say something that’s in us, and sometimes we don’t even know what it is that we’re trying to say. These projects give us room to do that.
“You are my heroes,” he told the black-tie crowd of film and TV composers. “Everything that I’ve written for the screen,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
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- 7/11/2018
- by Dan Savage on AUX, shared by Dan Savage to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
What did President Donald Trump mean on Tuesday night when he tweeted the word “covfefe“?
That’s what most of Twitter tried to figure out as the word began trending, with celebrities, journalists and authors weighing in and taking a stab as they attempted to decipher Trump’s tweet, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
I'm gonna try and go back to sleep now. Everyone stay #covfefe
— James Corden (@JKCorden) May 31, 2017
Finally figured out what Bill Murray whispered in Scarlett Johansson's ear at the end of "Lost in Translation" #covfefe pic.twitter.com/fDFJUYlEz8
— Jordan VanDina (@Shrimptooth) May 31, 2017
When "covfefe" is your activation word.
That’s what most of Twitter tried to figure out as the word began trending, with celebrities, journalists and authors weighing in and taking a stab as they attempted to decipher Trump’s tweet, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
I'm gonna try and go back to sleep now. Everyone stay #covfefe
— James Corden (@JKCorden) May 31, 2017
Finally figured out what Bill Murray whispered in Scarlett Johansson's ear at the end of "Lost in Translation" #covfefe pic.twitter.com/fDFJUYlEz8
— Jordan VanDina (@Shrimptooth) May 31, 2017
When "covfefe" is your activation word.
- 5/31/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
New York Times Op-Ed Scolds Media for Donald Trump Addiction: ‘Every Offense and Attack Is Not News’
At least one reporter is sick of the media covering Donald Trump‘s every move (or insult). Charles M. Blow wrote a New York Times op-ed explaining why “Enough is Enough” after Univision anchor Jorge Ramos was escorted out of Trump’s news conference on Tuesday. In wake of the incident, during which a Trump supporter told the journalist to “get out of my country,” Blow decided that he would officially be done with the Gop presidential candidate until he warrants actual newsworthy coverage. Also Read: Why Donald Trump's Fox News War May Make Viewers Rage Against the Network...
- 8/27/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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