How Hollywood Landscape Changed For Black Creatives Over Time
Regina Hicks has been a TV producer for over two decades, producing and writing for black-led shows. NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with her about the changing landscape for black creatives in Hollywood.
‘Fresh Air’ Listens Back To James Baldwin And Documentary Filmmaker Raoul Peck
In 1986, Terry Gross interviewed Baldwin, one of the most influential black writers of the civil rights era. Then, in 2017, she spoke to Peck, director of I Am Not Your Negro, about Baldwin.
Aibileen And Skeeter And Mookie And Sal: Love, Work And Watching ‘The Help’
The Help has enjoyed a surge of popularity on Netflix, perhaps owing to its commitment to the idea that the personal matters most. But where injustices persist, that’s a flawed idea at best.
For Pete Davidson And Judd Apatow, ‘Comedy Is A Beautiful Escape’
Davidson plays a fictionalized version of himself in The King of Staten Island, a film about a young man grieving the loss of his firefighter dad. Director Apatow calls the movie a “hopeful story.”
In Jazz-Movie Endings, Some Story Elements Just Keep Bouncing Back
Over 90-some years of movies about jazz, many films have spun a familiar lick, sometimes falling back on stock standards when inspiration fails, and sometimes knowingly quoting from older works.
This List Of Books, Films And Podcasts About Racism Is A Start, Not A Panacea
We’ve compiled a list of places you can go to learn more about systemic racism — acknowledging that, while it’s important to have information, this list is not a prescription.
New Netflix Documentary Details A Romance Kept Secret For Nearly 70 Years
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Pat Henschel about the new film A Secret Love, which documents her 72-year relationship with her late partner Terry Donohue.
Elisabeth Moss Shines As Writer Shirley Jackson In This Smart, Surprising Film
Shirley mixes fact and fiction as it explores the life of the writer best known for the short story “The Lottery.” This unusual film isn’t so much a biopic as it is a biographical-literary fantasia.
John Ridley Finds Inspiration From Young Protesters Demanding To Be Heard
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to screenwriter, show producer and novelist John Ridley about the unrest in America over the killing of George Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis.
What It Is Like To Be Back To The Movie Theater
A movie critic shares his experience of returning back to a movie theater for the first time after two months of the pandemic-forced abstinence.
Tracee Ellis Ross Can Hit The High Notes, Too
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Tracee Ellis Ross about starring in The High Note, a movie about an over-40 superstar singer navigating the music industry with her assistant, who has her own music dreams.
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