Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television acts as a necessary deep dive into an industry that has made huge profits from Black talent while denying them control. It is an essential watch, not just for looking back, but as a crucial guide for understanding the challenging path to real representation.
When Cynthia Erivo braided Elphaba’s hair, she weaved a long history of Black feeling, survival, and style into a Hollywood fairy tale. On November 21, 2025, Wicked: For Good opened in U.S. theaters, arriving as more than just a box office event.
This Holiday season, here are 5 Black Christmas movies to keep you engaged and provide you with special memories this Christmas.
Whether you’re winding down the year with family or looking for solo binge-worthy drama, this month offers eight Black-led series, spanning sharp workplace comedies, high-stakes dramas, and African Continental favorites, that deserve a spot on your holiday watch list. Here’s what to queue up as we close out 2025.
Black filmmakers are challenging boundaries and building entirely new worlds where Black people are central, celebrated, and multifaceted.
Perhaps one of cinema’s biggest triumphs is in providing a platform where Black artists can address the many misconceptions about their histories that have been fuelled by slavery and colonialism.
Spike Lee, John Singleton, Tyler Perry, Antoine Fuqua, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington, and a host of other Black producers have continued to shine the light in the movie production business of Hollywood. Their success stories and the movies they produced have not only been box office hits but have earned them several awards and accolades.
This year five African films will be premiering at the festival, a milestone that not only spotlights the continent’s vibrant storytelling but also signals a major leap for African voices on the international stage.
One of the nation’s most prominent film festivals for Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmakers, the BlackStar Film Festival is returning to Philadelphia this July. This annual one-of-a-kind festival has come to be recognized as a significant celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora. This event not only celebrates the works of Black artists, but also of global communities of color.
Thirty-six years have passed since Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing first scorched cinemas in summer 1989. As of July 2025, its Brooklyn heat, urgent questions, and kinetic color remain intensely relevant. From Oscar debates to TikTok discussions and block parties packed with old-timers and Gen Z, the film endures, not just as a landmark of American cinema but as an annual rite and point of national conversation.
