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Early this year I discovered the awesome and magical world of k-pop, and shortly after I found out about the equally awesome and magical world of k-dramas. Even though I've loved every single sho…

I was late to the party when the series Misfits started airing on Hulu. It didn’t get a lot of press and Hulu doesn’t have the promotional power that Netflix has (even though I think Hulu debuted the…

Of Music And Men is an American television comedy-drama created by Kayona Ebony Brown that chronicles the life of a young, single, female entrepreneur and her experiences with men as she tries to suc…

I am a self-proclaimed film festival junkie. There is nothing better than the ambiance of all that is cinema. Festivals contain a plethora of events such as mixers, Q&A's, screenings, semin…

Have you heard of Alice Smith? If not, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? This past Friday night at the Howard Theatre here in DC, Alice made sure the packed house, made up of newbies, knew who they were witnessin…

Bike-forged weapons & roof-bound communities have kept people safe. But for how long?  The project is called Z'Isle. A comic set in Montreal 7 years after a zombie infestation. Z'Isle fol…

While I was outside walking the Pug, and cursing about the cold, I remembered how much I loved days like this while I was growing up on Cape Cod. Aside from the insanity that children suffer from for…

From Essence.com There's still time to become the next top filmmaker. On November 1st, ESSENCE invited aspiring filmmakers to showcase their own inspiring images reflecting the truths and triumph…

RAIN: a fan film about Storm is the heartfelt passion play of filmmaker and performer Maya Glick. Dissatisfied with the complete lack of empowered women of color in Hollywood's superhero pantheo…

Republished from NCIndieSeen If you haven't already heard of the sweeping web phenomena of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl webseries, then let's help you get up to speed as to what th…

http://www.deviantart.com/ morelikethis/artists/77537145? view_mode=2 I’ve been debating for a while how I would approach the topic of the recent Syfy series Heroes of Cosplay . The show had quite a …

I’ve been weird and freaky all my life – African American growing up in the suburbs with a white family who watched opera on PBS (I have favorite Julia Childs episodes). Yet I was a 4-sport student a…

I would like to share with you an interview I conducted with Ava Duvernay a few years ago when her film I Will Follow premiered at the North Carolina Black Film Festival in Wilmington, NC.  I ran a …

The sleeper hit (yes, pun intended) Sleepy Hollow premiered on FOX this past September and has been the most exciting supernatural show to air this season. Sleepy Hollow's plot is a contempor…

From primetime television to cable news, African-American women consume more media than any other comparison groups, and today, there is more mass and targeted content featuring African-American wome…

Tananarive Due is the Cosby Chair in the Humanities at Spelman College. She also teaches in the creative writing MFA program at Antioch University Los Angeles. The American Book Award winner and NAAC…

ESSENCE wants to know: Are you ready to be the next top filmmaker? The #1 media brand for African-American women has chronicled Black women's stories for more than 40 years with a strong legacy o…